panicked
Example Sentences
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"Suddenly it started to shake and I panicked," 31-year-old hospital customer service official and Maumere resident, Lukas Lotar, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The ruling by media watchdog Ofcom stated that once the staff member who accidentally played the files realised what they had done, they stopped playing them, "panicked and left the premises".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In Orange County, an email landed in attorney Sabrina Rivera’s inbox in April, from a Colorado man panicked about the status of his immigration case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
When she learned she was pregnant, “I panicked at the thought of spending 18 years in family court,” Ms. Barrett testified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Traveling with the Red Army to the front, Grossman saw the panicked population as people left their homes and tried to escape the German army.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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