fit of terror
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The child told her parents, on the occasion of her return home in a fit of terror, that she had been guiding her sheep as usual, but Grenier had not been present.
From The Book of Were-Wolves by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
He, who was in a fit of terror about me, agreed at once, and so she came with us, she and her young niece, and her kindness leaves us both very grateful.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
And he clasps his head in a fit of terror.
From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Herman Bernstein
This was provoked by Frycollin, who, finding himself above the boundless sea, was seized with another fit of terror.
From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
She had taken Violet with her, and the latter had fallen into a fit of terror that was simply uncontrollable.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
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