panic-stricken

American  

[pan-ik-strik-uhn] / ˈpæn ɪkˌstrɪk ən /

Also panic-struck

adjective

1. overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like.

   panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.

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panic-stricken British  

adjective

1. affected by panic

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Etymology

Origin of panic-stricken

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Panic stricken at last, some mutineers took to the ship's boats, others leaped overboard with wild, defiant yells.

From Time Magazine Archive

Panic stricken, once again, when I reached O'Hare, I rushed excitedly to my next gate of departure, and there spent 45 minutes of anticipation.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann

Panic stricken at this unexpected attack, the soldiers and the citizens in the town camp fled in all directions, and, great numbers rushing to Thomond Bridge, entered the city by that narrow approach.

From Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Panic stricken the brutal miner turned and found himself confronting Achilles Henderson.

From The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus by Alger, Horatio

Panic stricken, the sisters crowded closed together, not daring to go to the chapel, which was joined to the passage by a little staircase.

From The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales by Souvestre, Émile