[
UK
/pˈænɪkt/
]
[ US /ˈpænɪkt/ ]
[ US /ˈpænɪkt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
became panicky as the snow deepened
felt panicked before each exam
trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd
the terrified horse bolted
How To Use panicked In A Sentence
- People panicked and stampeded, blows rained down, people fell and hurt themselves in the melee.
- They fell in love, she got up the duff, he panicked and they're getting married.
- Sara panicked in the exam and didn't do herself justice.
- People had heard the bell, presumably, and must have panicked. THE SCAR
- Daniel Abraham has the toughest job to pull off her with the multi-story Jonathan Hive tales, going from smartarse blogger, to vaguely panicked smartarse war correspondent. Superhero Prose Fiction: Wild Cards - 18 Inside Straight
- The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away
- People are getting hectic and panicked. Times, Sunday Times
- For ten days now I've fielded panicked phone calls and emails.
- I finally panicked one more time as I was sprinkling the caramelized, toasty brown, cooling almonds with sugar and I accidentally dumped more on than I intended.
- It wasn't very successful, but when she called her customers to tell them she was discontinuing the service, one of them panicked.
