petrified

Example Sentences

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Tello told ProPublica she was petrified and particularly worried for her younger siblings.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

"We ran downstairs to the basement... from the 10th floor... we were petrified," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

He barely allows the petrified Boo to twitch, yet somehow, we catch a glimpse of the qualities Duvall the actor will go on to reveal: dangerous and vulnerable, mythic and man-sized, electrifyingly watchable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

After April I'm petrified to let my kids go out and grow up and start having their own lives.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

The chaplain was pale and almost too petrified to move.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller