1.   Harrowing events like the Oklahoma bombing spur instant talk on the Internet.

2.   Recent harrowing events must surely give pause to families pondering a fall or winter getaway.

3.   The cause of stress may be a harrowing event, a tormented mental state, a physiological impairment or just some chronic sense of cosmic uneasiness.

4.   Others recounted the harrowing events of the past days.