horror-struck
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The two-part “Best of Both Worlds” — 1990’s season 3 finale and season 4 kickoff — left fans horror-struck, as the Enterprise faced off against the monstrous alien Borg, and lost Captain Picard to assimilation.
From The Verge ● Mar. 7, 2019
Even without all the abrupt cutaways to a horror-struck Susan suddenly slamming the manuscript shut, it would be clear that her ex-husband’s novel isn’t just one hell of a harrowing yarn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
Laura, who reaches instantly for the Lysol, is horror-struck: so many germs all over her hands, all over her belongings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2016
Yet most of the work seems more horror-struck than holy.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2015
Charlie said reassuringly to Ginny, who was hanging over the side of the box, looking horror-struck.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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