fit of terror
Example Sentences
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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 Jackson, Josephine A.
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 Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
And he clasps his head in a fit of terror.
From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman
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 Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
This was provoked by Frycollin, who, finding himself above the boundless sea, was seized with another fit of terror.
From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules
