terror-stricken
Example Sentences
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Diane Lynn sat in terror-stricken disbelief on the side of the pitch when a rival fan offered her a cup of tea.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024
Meanwhile, a terror-stricken Sandy desperately tried to comprehend what he was witnessing on that tiny screen.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
When the initial wave passed, and I still stood there, wracked with nausea and terror-stricken but alive, he was still there, too, his hand pressed against the window.
From Nature • Jun. 4, 2019
When the horsemen and their rivals in armour swept across the Santerre plateau, driving terror-stricken Germans in front of them, they did the most amazing things.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2018
By the minute, my eight-year-old heart grew more and more terror-stricken over the growing possibility that my future husband was fated to be this mean boy Arnold.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
