strike terror into
Example Sentences
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These are names which usually would strike terror into opposition hearts, but both are still finding full fitness after injuries, and neither were top of their game on Sunday.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
All of this is enough to strike terror into the privileged.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 13, 2015
Take a look below to see what's in store in the highly anticipated December release -- including some familiar faces and a new face hoping to strike terror into the hearts of rebels everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2015
It takes only three words — “Look at me” — for Chili Palmer, the Miami loan shark in “Get Shorty,” to strike terror into the hearts of the deadbeat clients he hounds for late payments.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2013
It was indeed a sight to strike terror into the bravest heart.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
