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in a cold sweat

adjective as in apprehensive

adjective as in frightened

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afraid
anxious
fearful
panicky
spooked
startled
unnerved

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abashed
affrighted
alarmed
butterflies
cowed
dismayed
frozen
numb
petrified
terrified
terrorized
yellow

adjective as in petrified

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Charles Green, Imran Ahmad, Derek Llambias, Barry Leach, David Somers - all these and more still have the capacity to make some on the current board break out in a cold sweat.

From BBC

I awoke in a cold sweat, comforted by the realization that I was still at home.

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“I swear I broke out in a cold sweat.”

From New York Times

I woke in a cold sweat of reality.

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No wonder I woke up in a cold sweat.

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