horror-struck

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The two-part “Best of Both Worlds” — 1990’s season 3 finale and season 4 kickoff — left fans horror-struck, as the Enterprise faced off against the monstrous alien Borg, and lost Captain Picard to assimilation.

From The Verge • Mar. 7, 2019

Even without all the abrupt cutaways to a horror-struck Susan suddenly slamming the manuscript shut, it would be clear that her ex-husband’s novel isn’t just one hell of a harrowing yarn.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2016

Laura, who reaches instantly for the Lysol, is horror-struck: so many germs all over her hands, all over her belongings.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2016

Yet most of the work seems more horror-struck than holy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2015

Through tear-blurred eyes Lyra saw her totter and clutch at a bench; her face, so beautiful and composed, grew in a moment haggard and horror-struck.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman