in terror
Example Sentences
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International students, knowing their family’s financial futures hinge on their degrees, operate in terror of failure and deportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror."
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Theirs is rooted in terror, anxiety and profound stress.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025
"There was embezzlement. There was mismanagement and we spoke out about that. We had the chance to go to court. Today, there is bad governance, but we live in terror and silence."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
She sent it loose and the loops unwound between her gloves as the rope shot out like a snake she had once seen unwind itself in pursuit of a mouse frozen in terror.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
