petrified

Example Sentences

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There were rocks on desks among the petrified yellow jackets, and glass on the floor right where you wanted to step.

From Literature

She added that K called Wixon "the witch" and was "petrified" of her.

From BBC

"We ran downstairs to the basement... from the 10th floor... we were petrified," he told AFP.

From Barron's

He barely allows the petrified Boo to twitch, yet somehow, we catch a glimpse of the qualities Duvall the actor will go on to reveal: dangerous and vulnerable, mythic and man-sized, electrifyingly watchable.

From Los Angeles Times

Then just 18 and heavily pregnant, Hazel described being "petrified" when she discovered what happened to her baby sister.

From BBC