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
Theirs is rooted in terror, anxiety and profound stress.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025
And it made me feel so much better, even though I was in terror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
She gasped in terror and whirled around the fence post to put it between her and him.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
