How To Use Terrified In A Sentence

No matter how many police raids are conducted, if we cannot guarantee their protection young victims will remain too terrified to testify against their traffickers. Times, Sunday Times
Terrified lest his secret be made public, and turn him into an object of scorn, he managed to sublimate these fears and transform them into the stuff of comedy.
The fact that so many people were terrified of this activity must surely prove there was something wrong with it after all. Times, Sunday Times
The prospect of marriage terrified Alice.
The terrified family were handcuffed, had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight.

She hurried home, terrified, and told her mother. Times, Sunday Times
The people are feeling so terrified that they are moving into shells and developing a typical aversion towards any kind of agitational path or protest movements. Archive 2006-06-01
I began to panic, terrified that the car would burst into flames and I wouldn't be able to escape.
Terrified of secondary school, she left after one year and played truant for the following three. Times, Sunday Times
But ghosts and things that go bump in the night leave them absolutely terrified. The Sun
But tonight I didn't have the time or strength to comfort her, and at that moment I was just as terrified as she was.
The fact that soldiers are on the streets is a reflection of how terrified the government is.
He is terrified, unnecessarily so, that any snippet of information could be turned into an advantage for opponents. Times, Sunday Times
I keep sitting down here and trying to write about how terrified and unterrified and overwhelmed and unenthused I am. Hamletwildie Diary Entry
Sometimes she would wake at night unable to breathe, terrified she was suffocating.
Inside, the tiny creature skidded to a halt on the marble floor, terrified by the sudden din of the gathering.
You know when your waiter at a restaurant tells you that you look like somebody really famous, and you're always secretly terrified they're going to say it's Gary Busey or a "heftier" version of Macauley Culkin? Archive 2009-09-01
A crowd of up to 200 protesters were held back by troops who used screens and riot shields to form a pathway for the terrified youngsters and their parents.
A mum-of-two is planning a daring jump out of a plane - despite being terrified of heights.
Fortunately the terrified woman accelerated away, shaken but unharmed.
Same with wadded paper, pencils, food cartons: Nothing gave his actors that urgent, terrified look he wanted. James Cameron pushes every boundary for his 'Avatar' vision
I am terrified to say such a thing, but I am certain, quite _certain_, that the ship will be lost within the next few days. The Stowaway Girl
Terrified relatives waiting to collect family in Manchester feared the airliner had been hijacked. The Sun
Earth has burrowed into itself, shunning space exploration for centuries, walling itself away from nature and other planets in enclosed cities that people are terrified to leave. Interplanetary Manifest Destiny
If both must be taken or rejected together, an alternative which we emphatically deny, what sincere and earnest thinker now, whose will is unterrifiedly consecrated to truth, can be expected to hesitate long? The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Having never seen a woodlouse before, it terrified her.
Then various other terrified countries will follow suit, and soon enough the various international lawsuits piling up will cause the U.S.A., primary client of Lasik no doubt, to illegalize Lasik as well. More Bad News for the Lasik Business - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
Immediately opposite was a grotesque figure of Satan, no doubt in canonicals also, with cloven foot and horns, belching out fire and brimstone on the terrified audience.
Terrified, Mr Austin did as he was told and then called the police after seeing his car speed off into the distance.
She was absolutely terrified at the thought of jumping off the bridge.
The ring in his voice terrified her, but his terms angered her yet more. The Purchase Price
A woman who is so much exalted above what she can deserve, has reason to be terrified, were she to marry the complimenter (even could she suppose him so blinded by his passion as not to be absolutely insincere) to think of the height she must fall from in his opinion, when she has put it into his power to treat her but as what she is. Sir Charles Grandison
I was terrified of the operation, and went and consulted the village sheikh, who told me it wasn't necessary.
Michael Pennington invests the Don's medical sidekick with exactly the right air of terrified loyalty, Oliver Cotton exudes white-suited arrogance as a dictatorial master baker, and Gavin Fowler lends his maltreated son a simmering, murderous resentment. The Syndicate – review | Michael Billington
I'm terrified of flying I'd rather go by sea.
With Peace in their mouths and contention in their hearts, the "unterrified" resolved upon a great meeting, to be held in Peoria. The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details
[1894] Padua in Italy they have a stone called the stone of turpitude, near the senate-house, where spendthrifts, and such as disclaim non-payment of debts, do sit with their hinder parts bare, that by that note of disgrace others may be terrified from all such vain expense, or borrowing more than they can tell how to pay. Anatomy of Melancholy
He told me he was terrified about the pressure of having to do 50 shows at the O2 for his upcoming tour. The Sun
Zarr's hair, his eyes, and some of his internal viscera remained with his bones prompting some of the terrified members of his party to retch with revulsion.
Archbishop Sancroft was led to attempt a similar Comprehensive Scheme, so terrified was he at the dominance of the Roman Church in the Second James's reign: however, William's accession, and his becoming a nonjuror, crossed his design. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
She looked startled and gazed at me with a terrified fascination. DEAD BEAT
It must be added, that, though the effluvium which is left by the footsteps of man is in general sufficient to induce lions to avoid a village, there are exceptions; so many came about our half-deserted houses at Chonuane while we were in the act of removing to Kolobeng, that the natives who remained with Mrs. Livingstone were terrified to stir out of doors in the evenings. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Your utterly bewildered and terrified but loving Ma. Spitfire Women of World War II
The electric atmosphere both terrified and thrilled him.
He terrified her with his brashness and the multiple phones on his desk and the way he would bark, ‘Hello, is that Tokyo?’
Neither a nurse nor her terrified grandad a few feet away could reach her. The Sun
The five cross-breed puppies, no more than four weeks old, were found terrified and dehydrated.
Now they are so terrified of picking another dud they want to put the next one on a three-year trial. The Sun
I knew he was lonely and terrified about what was happening to his wife of 33 years. The Sun
The boys were terrified; but a voice called to them: "Count the tsitsis of your arba canfos; if you find eight threads, do not fear, but enter the cave. The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories
This sense of statelessness terrified him and he dreaded what might happen if the Indonesian or Malaysian police nabbed him.
The stranger was so monstrous in size that he was extremely terrified and stunned.
We were terrified that the bridge would collapse.
Since the report was published, there has been a howl of terrified rage from those who enjoy Radio 4 already and an unexcited silence from those who don't. A cool Radio 4? What a turn-off | Victoria Coren
Sarah was glued to the spot, terrified by the scene in front of her.
The terrified pair cancelled a planned yachting trip round the Greek islands. The Sun
Any of us can become terrified at any moment if fear overlays us.
MORE than 100 terrified teachers and staff say their school has been taken over by vicious gangs. The Sun
Yet it seems firefighters were called out of the blazing tower block moments before they could have rescued the terrified victims. The Sun
Terrified, the horses were wild-eyed, ears pulled back.
They included pictures of terrified young men piled into the back of lorries and driven to a barren patch of land. Times, Sunday Times
Carjackers stole a terrified 75-year-old woman's new BMW after ramming it from behind.
Thrilled to the core by his admission that she disturbed and aroused him, she was at the same time terrified.
Lent; but his voice being so extremely musical, that it rather allured the birds than terrified them, he was soon transplanted from the fields into the dog-kennel, where he was placed under the huntsman, and made what the sportsmen term whipper-in. Joseph Andrews Vol 1
But years of corruption and violence have destroyed the economy and terrified the people. The Sun
She was straddled across a terrified studenty looking lad who was drinking from a straw in the bottle.
The terrified lovers try to leave, but he holds them captive. The Sun
While the master technician ate a sound supper, his terrified former helper was spreading the word through the streets of Paris about the "metaphysicist" who could create living people. Modern Mechanix
I'm terrified of the teds and they don't even register that I exist. Broken Music, A Memoir
Terrified and claustrophobic she vomited and evacuated her bowel and bladder.
Grace was too terrified to reply.
She threw a jug of water over the terrified victim.
She was terrified that there were burglars in the house, that it wasn't her house and that she was being kept there against her will. Times, Sunday Times
Terrified and panicking, he tried to kick in a glass door to escape his pursuers and, in doing so, fatally lacerated himself.
I saw a crowd of about 40 shocked and terrified people along the south side of the car park, trying to get away.
On Friday, a cease-fire was announced - and immediately violated by US forces - to allow terrified women and children to flee on foot from their homes in the embattled city.
I've got this extremely realistic peregrine falcon and most birds are meant to be terrified of it. Times, Sunday Times
The meteorologist was a lieutenant junior grade who had obviously never flown through a typhoon before and now looked completely terrified. Gideon’s war
Terrified, he ran to a stairwell; its helix curved upward toward the floors above.
Then, while Clara cowered in the flowered taffeta corner of a sofa, terrified of her son and horrified by his life, he told them. DANSVILLE
Terrified motorists abandoned their cars to escape the inferno. The Sun
Terrified, they rushed their kids to the pier and tried to get them onto a ferry to take them across the river to the boatyard and, perhaps, safety.
It was, by design, kissably sensuous, designed to arouse men and provoke the lust of masters; some girls are terrified to wear such lipstick; they know how it enhances their loveliness and proclaims them well as slaves; they understand well its intention and are seldom left long in doubt as to its effectiveness; had they originally entertained doubts as to its efficacy these doubts are often dispelled rapidly, as they squirm, naked and collared, perfumed, in the arms of a strong man, as it is being ruthlessly kissed from their lips. Guardsman Of Gor
Defiantly magical During the flash, she also saw something that terrified her and chilled her to the bone.
Neither a nurse nor her terrified grandad a few feet away could reach her. The Sun
Breathing hard with excitement he turned and laid his back against the panels, trembling in every muscle, terrified by the result of his impulsive audacity, thunder-struck by a lightning-like foreglimpse of its possible consequences. The Black Bag
Terrified by the suffering of the poor girl, at the end of his patience and afraid, he abandons her.
And so I was able to hide," he squeaked, not unlike the mouse he had been, "and sneaked into Par-Salian's labra - labora-lavaratory - and he was doing the most wonderful things and the rocks were singing and Crysania was lying there all pale and Caramon looked terrified and I couldn't let him go alone - so ... so ... Time of the Twins
The secretary who once thought that he was in total power and control now felt helpless and terrified.
Then, when the motor clattered into action, it belched a sooty puff from the exhaust pipe, terrified nearby cats and deafened all around as you drove away.
Do they know how it feels to be gawked at, bothered, threatened, followed, terrified? Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling?
We're dealing with a terrified, vicious, cornered rat.
They did not look terrified and there was no evidence of physical injury. Times, Sunday Times
The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among the dead?
The five cross-breed puppies, no more than four weeks old, were found terrified and dehydrated.
But as soon as the night came he switched to an anxious man, terrified at the thought of spending another sleepless night alone. Times, Sunday Times
The fact that soldiers are on the streets is a reflection of how terrified the government is.
We heard an ear - splitting scream from the terrified girl.
The Spaniards also let loose a big dog on shore which chased the terrified Arawaks and bit several of them savagely.
She said she was terrified and couldn't remember how he got her out but she did remember the strange babyish voice he used.
Oh no! But then I see that crossing the street in Nha Trang will never be a problem, because Sheraton has hired a crossing guard whose only job is to get terrified tourists like me safely back and forth across the road -- from 7am till night. Margie Goldsmith: Crossing the Street in Ho Chi Minh City
We had a blizzard, with hail, snow, rain and strong wind - we were terrified.
Frantically pointing at the TV screen, which displayed a route map, the terrified teen noted we were over France and told the air hostess she needed to inform the captain that we could safely divert and make an emergency landing in some area of the French countryside that he seemed to know very well as he'd holidayed there the previous summer with some Etonian chums. Kim Carillo: The Day Prince William's Pal Held My Husband's Hand and Other In-Flight Shockers
The Duenna, seeing DQ, is so terrified she screams. Rambling « So Many Books
You can either copy as many times as you like, or not copy at all, and the record companies have been terrified of implementing the ‘copy protection on’ mode in sensitive markets.
Four years later though, and I was the only one still thrashing around in the shallow end, terrified of getting his head underwater.
They are terrified of Leninist politics, which is nothing more for them than realpolitik practised by Marxist intellectuals.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Natalie is terrified of stalkers so she was really freaked out.
Adam starts to lose his mind, Michael is terrified and Edward consistently overcompensates by turning everything into a joke.
By the greatest good luck no one was hurt, but the driver and his passengers must have been terrified.
The fear of the blank page (nowadays more frequently the blank screen) can reduce even a veteran writer to the terrified goggle of a rabbit in the headlights.
He was terrified, hesitant and wavering but finally gave in to the temptation.
The face in the mirror of the marine blue bathroom cabinet looked terrified and ill.
WHEN was the last time you did something that terrified you - and it felt great? The Sun
Waves broke constantly over the deck, washing whole groups of terrified passengers overboard.
The Philadelphia foursome are terrified that romance could wreck their plans for stardom.
As a result, the most powerful nation in the world is peopled by a terrified citizenry jumping at shadows.
• Introduction - relax the appraisee - open with a positive statement, smile, be warm and friendly - the appraisee may well be terrified; it's your responsibility to create a calm and non-threatening atmosphere. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
They were terrified that their marriage was doomed. Christianity Today
She was terrified that there were burglars in the house, that it wasn't her house and that she was being kept there against her will. Times, Sunday Times
By all means improve the townships, the thinking went, but also concentrate on righting the huge imbalances caused by apartheid's draconian zoning laws; "densification" was the key word here-and one that terrified many white residents. The Struggle to Govern Johannesburg
Professor Cairnsley came along the line he was gradually eliciting from the terrified class the superficial points which were more or less common to all philosophers. When Patty Went to College
I lived my childhood and teens constantly terrified that someone would find out that my mother was barking mad and an alkie to boot.
As we arrived a new vanload came in, and they looked so terrified. Times, Sunday Times
It's left me feeling rather insecure, and slightly terrified of the future.
The soldiers were both terrified and amused at this very dangerous snake wriggling around, and eventually, they dispatched it.
She's terrified about what's going on and doesn't want her name broadcast. NPR Topics: News
Frank was frightened without knowing why; it was all so "unked," as he would have expressed it, and as he stared about with terrified eyes he seemed to see mysterious forms moving near. Our Frank and other stories
I remember having to lecture to a group at the Windows on the World up at the very top there, and just being terrified the entire time because my acrophobia went to red alert.
"We are terrified to go out at night because it is absolutely pitch black.
Their lawyer, roused by her terrified screams, came rushing downstairs, coatless and still in his slippers. A Covert Affair
On autopsy, the cause looked for all the world like anthrax, in the same unusual form - so-called inhalation anthrax - that terrified the nation in 2001. NYT > Home Page
The Omdeh, or headman, of the village of Chaghb, not far from Luxor, submitted an official complaint to the police a short time ago against an _afrit_ or devil which was doing much mischief to him and his neighbours, snatching up oil-lamps and pouring the oil over the terrified villagers, throwing stones at passers-by, and so forth. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology
Terrified to take my eyes off the road, I chanced a look, and saw a car full of guys.
You've got to appear calm in an interview even if you're terrified underneath.
The sheets held by little pink fingers tentatively dipped down to reveal Marc's terrified face, then were drawn back up tight. CORMORANT
Terrified and claustrophobic she vomited and evacuated her bowel and bladder.
Thick smoke could be seen rising from neighbourhoods in the south and east of the city as terrified inhabitants huddled inside their homes. Times, Sunday Times
Although he's initially terrified at the prospect of being a father, Angela soon has a calming effect on him, despite her precocious, junk food-fuelled behaviour.
My mother was terrified of growing old and losing her looks. Times, Sunday Times
I was terrified that the plane would crash.
She was terrified to realize we had seen her arms. She was more frightened by the fact that her secret was out than by the fact that she was a cutter in the first place.
They which tarried, when they were gone, considering partly on the reasons alleadged by Titus, and partly terrified by his latest speeches; became induced, to like well of his alliance and amitie, as (with common consent) they concluded: that it was much better to accept Titus as their kinsman (seeing Gisippus had made manifest refusall thereof) than to lose the kinred of the one, and procure the hatred of the other. The Decameron
But years of corruption and violence have destroyed the economy and terrified the people. The Sun
He was terrified of getting her pregnant.
Many people are terrified at the thought of the surgeon's knife.
I'm terrified of flying.
Fly Me To The Moon follows the flight path of a group of terrified travellers striving to conquer their fear of flying.
The profession of advocate had terrified him, and he shuddered at the idea of tilling the soil. Theresa Raquin
But as soon as the night came he switched to an anxious man, terrified at the thought of spending another sleepless night alone. Times, Sunday Times
Imagining their hoots to be the cry of some dangerous animal, she had spent nearly two terrified days on the run from her rescuers.
so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
Youngest son Joe made some dramatic accusations that his dad terrified them all with his violent behaviour.
Those in the river spun upward end over end into the air and their terrified neighs faded into the distance.
The prosecutor said Foster, who was arrested in a pub, later told the police he was terrified he was going to get a hiding, having been told to get out of the car.
Jessie was crying, a high, keening, terrified sound.
A gang of youths terrified bus passengers in Leeds last night after going on the rampage with weapons including an iron bar and a bat.
As the convoy arrived at the dock, the lorry doors opened and the exhausted, terrified lambs poured out, trying desperately to stay upright and avoid trampling each other.
Subconsciously I was terrified of missing my two-hourly deadline.
They're all terrified of repeating the mistakes of 2000 by making incorrect calls.
Nigel Humphrey, 50, from Belvedere Avenue, Lancing, narrowly missed crashing into 44-year-old Anne Ford and hit her 'lollypop' with his Landrover as she stood terrified in the middle of West Street, Sompting, last July. Undefined
I'm terrified to think about what he is said to have done after. The Sun
Quite honestly/frankly, the thought of it terrified me.
Ustream is one of the more popular services for streaming live vide from a webcam, and Jane’s nightmare was a technologically updated twist on one of the older slasher movie tropes, with a laptop and internet connection replacing the telephone clutched in the shaking hand of the the terrified victim as a friend shouts “he’s behind you!” A ‘rainbow-coloured Godzilla’
But as soon as the night came he switched to an anxious man, terrified at the thought of spending another sleepless night alone. Times, Sunday Times
With the terrified rats fighting back, a crusade is launched. Times, Sunday Times
She let out a terrified scream and threw herself at the crowd of toddlers, her only thought to save them from danger.
I was just terrified all night; it left me in a wile worried state about my son.
His Moby Dick is a chubby flasher who has mall customers and employees alike terrified he'll open his trenchcoat for them. California Chronicle
The team of scriptwriters and terrified producers are too afraid to let the host or presenters say anything like that now. The Sun
One of the lads began beating the horses on their quarters with a riding crop to get them into the water, despite the fact that both horses were terrified.
It will help to mesh awarenesses with a human, Djana ¦ no terrified captive, no lickspittle turncoat, no sniveler about peace and brotherhood, no pseudomorph grown up among us apart from his own breed ¦ but one who has come to me freely, out of the depths of the commonalty that bred her, one who has known alike the glory and the tragedy of being human. A Circus of Hells
She's been terrified of the sound of aircraft ever since the crash.
The customers' terrified looks therefore appear in a somewhat absurd and comical light.
Yes, the first half of the week I was pretty terrified, and gripped the wheel almost to the point of painfulness; and I still get terribly lost, and frustrated when I do though increasingly less so; and I stress about people behind me, and irritating them, and getting honked at. Archive 2009-05-01
One is myself, white-knuckled and terrified, as Jackie heads past the Casino towards the open sea at something like 150 m.p.h.
I held my memories like treasures in a vault and polished them well, terrified that unless I tended them daily they would disappear under the tarnish of time.
Actually, I was quite worried about doing a comic novel, because I'm a massive fan of PG Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh, and I was terrified I was going to lapse into a pastiche of their style.
In the Midwest, they are terrified of flashbacks: full-serve premium: $2.70, blared the sign at one Chicago gas station last summer. The Surging Price Of Power
But it wasn't a raging bull; it was just terrified.
A woman came within an inch of paralysis when a pellet from an air gun lodged in her neck as she fell victim to one of five drive-by shootings that terrified residents in Hull.
He was clearly terrified at the thought of sitting in a room with a woman. The Sun
It is a slumber, too, unterrified, unentertained by dreams. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III
The troubled singer had been terrified about what people back home thought of his stint in rehab. The Sun
Thousands more workers will be terrified that they too could be caught in the jobs cull.
The wagoners were terrified and whipped the oxen into charging.
Basically they become terrified of having another anxiety attack.
Not long after touching down with his blinged-up entourage, the rap artist with sales of 20 million albums to his name hopped in a car and terrified motorists in Pyrmont by driving on the wrong side of the road. Daily Telegraph | Top Stories
The imminent threat of Malcolm's death or long-term permanent paralysis and vegetative state from serious brain damage had immobilized and terrified them.
He told me he was terrified about the pressure of having to do 50 shows at the O2 for his upcoming tour. The Sun
Is this then a thing of that worth, that for it my soul should suffer, and become worse than it was? as either basely dejected, or disordinately affected, or confounded within itself, or terrified? Meditations
She was terrified to tell me so she told the big-mouthed neighbor kid who told me. Abortion Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry | Her Bad Mother
Sometimes the handful of mothers who attend show their desperation by trying to grab the present bags, terrified that there won't be enough. Times, Sunday Times
It kept barging my mother's arthritic hand and she became terrified of it. Times, Sunday Times
He's terrified of being bitten by a snake.
The Olympics hope is terrified it will affect her athletics training. The Sun
My stepsister and I would lie, terrified, in a sweltering hotel room, turning up our walkmans and longing for home where at least we had the sanctuary of our own bedrooms to escape the bitterness and shouting.
Terrified residents fled when a Rottweiler went on the rampage - attacking one woman and five dogs.
One of Adcock's more memorable eruptions after a brushback pitch was to chase a terrified pitcher Ruben Gomez of the San Francisco Giants off the field.

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