petrify

Example Sentences

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"I was struggling to breathe. I was really, really sick... I was petrified."

From BBC

"I keep the back door locked at all times," she said, adding she keeps the key out of the way of her children because she's "petrified" they'll leave the door open.

From BBC

“This was the most petrifying part, not being able to be there to shield your kids and know if they were safe,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I sit in my lane and I'm frozen, totally petrified. I can't overtake and because you don't overtake, people start to beep at you and that drives me into more of a frenzy," she says.

From BBC

Alphabet’s perceived “AI comeback” with its TPUs and improved Gemini AI models has led some investors to be “petrified that Alphabet will win the AI war,” Melius analyst Ben Reitzes said in a Monday note.

From MarketWatch