They understood full well the horror of our situation.
We escaped the full horror of our situation by not talking about it much.
In an instant the full horror of my situation seized me.
He became aware of the full horror of his situation now that there was no escape from it.
It was now that the horror of his situation occurred to the boy with full force.
Now they were quick to the horror of their own situation.
And now, perhaps still more than ever, did the horror of our situation stare us in the face.
As the horror of my situation dawned upon me, I felt numb with terror.
Then for the first time the horror of my situation came in its full force.
Picard was doing everything he could to ignore the horror of his situation.