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
Mandalay is a city living in terror, and with good reason.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
We all, especially Rachel, live in terror of the cursed Verse.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
