fit of terror

Example Sentences

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And I have thrown the Doge himself into such a fit of terror that I warrant he will not recover himself easily.

From The Bravo of Venice; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

When she has a fit of terror at the sight of a hen, he is charmed with her delicacy.

From My Little Boy by Ewald, Carl

Never had he been afraid, and he could not understand this sudden fit of terror.

From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

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)

I was now seized with a fit of terror much greater, in effect, than my former panic.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas