scared stiff
Example Sentences
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“You’re scared stiff, but you stagger through the events as they happen and hope everything’s going to turn out all right,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023
He added that he and others were "scared stiff" at some of the predictions about the impact of climate change.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2019
The decorated soldier said he was fortunate that his division had "a lot of veterans" since he was, as he described himself, a "rookie scared stiff" when they stormed Normandy.
From Fox News • Jun. 6, 2019
“I was scared stiff that I was mad, that the reason I was getting away with it was that I was an artist, so people never knew I was totally bonkers.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2016
I wondered why my mother would tell such a story on such a night, for it had George, Florah and me scared stiff.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
