fit of terror

Example Sentences

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At this command poor Margari had a veritable ague fit of terror.

From The Poor Plutocrats by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

He, who was in a fit of terror about me, agreed at once, and so she came with us, she and her young niece, and her kindness leaves us both very grateful.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

And I have thrown the Doge himself into such a fit of terror that I warrant he will not recover himself easily.

From The Bravo of Venice; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

The dog is thrown into a fit of terror because he does not know about the hidden string.

From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.

I was now seized with a fit of terror much greater, in effect, than my former panic.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas