horror-struck

Example Sentences

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My mother listened horror-struck as he told us what he had learned from his factory contacts originally from Narewka.

From Literature

I listened, horror-struck, on my drive to school, then watched your carnage on the TVs in my high school auditorium.

From Washington Post

Seeing Bran again, confined to a wheelchair because of that fall, Jamie looks decidedly guilty and horror-struck.

From The Verge

The two-part “Best of Both Worlds” — 1990’s season 3 finale and season 4 kickoff — left fans horror-struck, as the Enterprise faced off against the monstrous alien Borg, and lost Captain Picard to assimilation.

From The Verge

After all, what could be more irritating, and even offensive, than to have someone photographing you while you mourn, horror-struck, the burning of a relative’s body?

From New York Times