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Rhoda turned to see what had petrified Mr. Gibbs into silence, and saw Castalia Errington.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

As for the crowd on the cliff, it looked for five minutes as if the saint had petrified them harder than the millstone.

From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

There was a very stoniness about her grief as if the blow had petrified her.

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram

The Chouan's gesture had petrified the poor fellow.

From The Chouans by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

The touch was as stealthy and as sudden as that other touch which had petrified me from head to foot on the night when we first met.

From The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie