terrify
Example Sentences
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On the fourth day, President Jimmy Carter visited the plant to reassure a terrified nation that the situation was under control.
Even his cat, Boo, is terrified of their downstairs neighbor, he added.
From Los Angeles Times
"Our children have experienced frightening, scary, overwhelming, terrifying things. They should be afforded treatment for that," says Fiona Wells from Patch.
From BBC
“They’re terrified of someone who actually knows their business,” Bores said.
"I thought it was happening all over again and I was terrified," she says.
From BBC
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