fit of terror

Example Sentences

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Never had he been afraid, and he could not understand this sudden fit of terror.

From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

And he clasps his head in a fit of terror.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman

When she has a fit of terror at the sight of a hen, he is charmed with her delicacy.

From My Little Boy by Ewald, Carl

I was now seized with a fit of terror much greater, in effect, than my former panic.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

And I have thrown the Doge himself into such a fit of terror that I warrant he will not recover himself easily.

From The Bravo of Venice; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)