panic-stricken
overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
Origin of panic-stricken
1- Also pan·ic-struck [pan-ik-struhk]. /ˈpæn ɪkˌstrʌk/.
Words Nearby panic-stricken
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How to use panic-stricken in a sentence
I muttered, completely panic-stricken and thinking that Mabrouka must not have realized this.
Inside Gaddafi’s Harem: The Story of a Girl’s Abduction | Annick Cojean | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Turkish troops stopped these panic-stricken civilians at the Turkish border.
The 1929 stock market crash took place over the course of a few panic-stricken October days.
But the explanation seemed to work, because when I was done, Eve seemed more philosophical than panic-stricken.
General Wheatonʼs brigade captured Malinta, and the insurgents fled panic-stricken after having suffered severely.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
Ward, panic stricken and terrified, looked up at Mr. Peck, who stood frowning down at the pair.
He knew that if he were really panic-stricken and attempted to carry it off in the masterful manner, she would laugh in his face.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThere came a volley followed by fiendish yells and the advance came tearing back, panic-stricken.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThey were obviously panic-stricken, one or two of them being of an ashy-yellow, their nearest possible approach to pallor.
Overland | John William De Forest
British Dictionary definitions for panic-stricken
affected by panic
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