terrified
Example Sentences
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Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Steve Hindley's wife Judith struggled to talk about what happened to her as a teenager when she was sent, pregnant and terrified, to a home for unmarried mothers in Kendal, Cumbria.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“Not a lot of line of sight into training—which they’re all terrified of.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
A 31-year-old housewife and mother-of-one who lives nearby said the incident had terrified the neighbourhood.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“My mighty steed, Rostam, held fast, indifferent to all danger. Monkey was terrified, of course. He pulled at his robe sleeves and snarled at the curious troll children.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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