fit of terror
Example Sentences
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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
"Oh, for goodness' sake, don't talk about morning!" he broke out in a fit of terror.
From Hurricane Island by H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott) Watson
I was now seized with a fit of terror much greater, in effect, than my former panic.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
At this command poor Margari had a veritable ague fit of terror.
From The Poor Plutocrats by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
The dog is thrown into a fit of terror because he does not know about the hidden string.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson
