fit of terror
Example Sentences
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I was now seized with a fit of terror much greater, in effect, than my former panic.
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
Never had he been afraid, and he could not understand this sudden fit of terror.
From Theresa Raquin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
The child told her parents, on the occasion of her return home in a fit of terror, that she had been guiding her sheep as usual, but Grenier had not been present.
From The Book of Were-Wolves by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
"Oh, for goodness' sake, don't talk about morning!" he broke out in a fit of terror.
From Hurricane Island by Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)
And he clasps his head in a fit of terror.
From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman
