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petrified
adjective as in hardened
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Mr Bisset says the family are still “petrified” every time they visit the hospital.
One night in Monaco, Rachael says she woke up "petrified" to find Salah getting into her bed.
"I know from conversations with people in government and in the intelligence services in Europe that they are petrified of the prospect of Trump coming back to office."
It was one of the first times I’d covered an event on my own, and I was petrified, like a rabbit in the headlights standing in the scrum of reporters and flashing cameras.
"As a 13-year-old, I didn't realise exactly what was going on. I was petrified of him, I was vulnerable at that age and naïve, and he knew it."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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