fit of terror

Example Sentences

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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 Mitford, Bertram

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

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

"Oh, for goodness' sake, don't talk about morning!" he broke out in a fit of terror.

From Hurricane Island by Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)

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)

And he clasps his head in a fit of terror.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman