horror-struck
Example Sentences
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McGarrahan, taking notes in the witness gallery, was horror-struck.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
The two-part “Best of Both Worlds” — 1990’s season 3 finale and season 4 kickoff — left fans horror-struck, as the Enterprise faced off against the monstrous alien Borg, and lost Captain Picard to assimilation.
From The Verge • Mar. 7, 2019
After all, what could be more irritating, and even offensive, than to have someone photographing you while you mourn, horror-struck, the burning of a relative’s body?
From New York Times • May 24, 2018
Even without all the abrupt cutaways to a horror-struck Susan suddenly slamming the manuscript shut, it would be clear that her ex-husband’s novel isn’t just one hell of a harrowing yarn.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2016
My mother listened horror-struck as he told us what he had learned from his factory contacts originally from Narewka.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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