petrified

Example Sentences

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Then just 18 and heavily pregnant, Hazel described being "petrified" when she discovered what happened to her baby sister.

From BBC

"It was almost like she sort of was running the place, she was very well educated and very sure of herself. I was just petrified of her."

From BBC

He was petrified of water, and he was greedy when it came to sweets.

From Literature

If I had been any less shocked, I would have turned around and locked the stall door, but I was petrified.

From Literature

"I had a three-year-old and a six-year-old at the time. My first thought wasn't about me, it was about them. I was completely petrified for them," the now-41-year-old said.

From BBC