The overwhelming horror of confronting his own spirit drives him into a catatonic state; after Mateo's mental collapse, the wraith fades away.

In those hours had been born an overwhelming horror of the horse.

That's my way of dealing with overwhelming horror.

She was safe from the overwhelming horror she'd felt, of the terrible inevitable doom she'd felt closing in around her.

Even the overwhelming horror of the murder receded.

Exquisite vocal beauty is mixed with overwhelming horror or overbearing passion.

But already she had interrupted him with a loud cry of overwhelming horror.

General Konnal, dazed by the overwhelming horror of the destruction he had brought down upon his own people, was like a man struck by a thunderbolt.

She had felt the same overwhelming horror in her own early experiences.

With a little imagination I envisaged the hopes and fears, and the overwhelming horrors these young men had to face.