She felt suddenly, horrifyingly-near to tears.
"Saturday's Child"
Kathleen Norris
But Sylvia, a shuddering chip on the torrent, always found herself in the exact middle of the most crowded spot, feeling her body horrifyingly pressed upon by various invisible ones behind her and several only too visible ones in front, breathing down the back of somebody's neck, often a dirty and sweaty one, with somebody breathing hotly down the back of her own.
"The Bent Twig"
Dorothy Canfield
The spectacle was the most horrifyingly interesting she had ever witnessed in her temperate life, and her self-denying Aunt Clara was in charge of the children.
"The Sisters-In-Law"
Gertrude Atherton