in terror
Example Sentences
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International students, knowing their family’s financial futures hinge on their degrees, operate in terror of failure and deportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror."
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
“I remember vividly my dad waking up in the middle of the night for years, screaming in terror because he was having nightmares,” she said.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2025
“Having been one of those families that had lived in fear, seeing the way that our street vendors were living in terror, really struck my heart,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025
Every single harpy shrieked and jeered, and many of them flew up off the tree and straight at the ghosts, making them scatter in terror.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
