petrified

One night in Monaco, Rachael says she woke up "petrified" to find Salah getting into her bed.

Mr Paty’s murder horrified – and petrified – France.

"I know from conversations with people in government and in the intelligence services in Europe that they are petrified of the prospect of Trump coming back to office."

But I know from conversations with people in government and in the intelligence services in Europe that they are petrified of the prospect of Trump coming back to office.

It was one of the first times I’d covered an event on my own, and I was petrified, like a rabbit in the headlights standing in the scrum of reporters and flashing cameras.