terror-stricken
adjective
overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
terror-struck
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a variation of
terror-stricken.
Example Sentences
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The surreal touch is applied to several scenes with absolute poetic Tightness: by retarding to slow motion Beauty's terror-struck sprint through the Beast's castle, Cocteau conveys every decibel of the shriek she cannot release.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Moctezuma was told all this, he was terror-struck.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
I rose up suddenly, terror-struck at the solitude which so ruthless a judge haunted,—at the silence which so awful a voice filled.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The girl was glued to the spot, terror-struck, pop-eyed, quivering, knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
There is a sudden terror-struck misgiving on the beautiful face of Gwen, and an uneasy note of doubt in her mother's voice, seeking by vague speech to elude and slur over the difficulty.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
