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Example sentences for "terrified"

Lexicographically close words:
terriers; terrific; terrifically; terrifick; terrifie; terrifies; terrify; terrifying; terrifyingly; terrine
  1. It is astonishing how dreadfully these poor animals in hot weather are terrified and injured by them: ten of these flies will put a herd of five hundred into the greatest agitation.

  2. Suddenly Hagen comes in, and Gutrune, terrified at his unexpected appearance, anxiously inquires why she has not heard her husband's horn.

  3. Terrified by the lawlessness of the barons, whom he could no longer control, the Pope left Rome and took refuge at Avignon, leaving the ancient city a helpless prey to the various political factions which were engaged in continual strife.

  4. In speaking thus the disguised god strikes the ground with his spear, and a long roll of thunder falls upon the terrified Mime's ear.

  5. For a few moments the terrified occupants of Avonlea school did not know whether it was an earthquake or a volcanic explosion that had occurred.

  6. At the bottom of the stairs lay a big pink conch shell amid the fragments of what had been Miss Barry's platter; and at the top of the stairs knelt a terrified Davy, gazing down with wide-open eyes at the havoc.

  7. With a sudden gesture Madame d'Argeles freed her hand from the baron's grasp, and recoiled as terrified as if she had seen a spectre rise up before her.

  8. Then, even though her heart took comfort, the darkness and strange sounds of the night terrified her, and filled her with dread and despair.

  9. The man was serenely handsome, a gentleman in appearance at least, but his eyes had a look that angered and terrified her; a look that now she seemed to know the meaning of.

  10. If he came up here by the same way as does his brother," stammered the terrified child hiding herself under the blankets.

  11. Saviour, have mercy on me," cried the terrified child.

  12. Paul looked up terrified at the stranger.

  13. She immediately depicted him to herself as wearing the cowl, from under which his demoniacal eyes gleamed at her, as her own had terrified her at that time from under the "Mirror of remembrance.

  14. Instead of the lurid passionate glare of the eye which had so often terrified Felice, he found him at times struggling with his tears.

  15. At that moment the terrified Lydia sprang down the mountain, wildly bounding down the path by which she had ascended.

  16. The terrified girl felt like throwing herself out of the window to reach her beloved father.

  17. Terrified and repenting she crept into the corner in the which the old witch had crouched.

  18. Felix, Felix," cried the terrified maiden stretching out her arms towards him.

  19. Ever listening to hear it, terrified by any accidental word, guileless did he wish to live among the guileless, and nevertheless he ever thought of his sin, and the most insignificant allusion drove the blood to his heart.

  20. Trembling with rage and emotion he held in his lame hand the document, whilst he seized his hat with the other, saying to the terrified maid-servant: "I must go immediately to the Prince.

  21. His mother was terrified when she heard this, but she said very little to him, hoping he would soon forget about it and not enter into such a dangerous adventure.

  22. Only Lucy was so terrified that she ran and jumped out of a window and broke her neck.

  23. When the girls saw the Prince they were terrified and began to run about this way and that, looking for a place to hide; but they could find no place, for the chamber was quite smooth and bare.

  24. It is easy, therefore, to understand the avidity with which the opportunity for paying the unusual price for being shocked and terrified was welcomed.

  25. The woman, the roses all shuddered out of her cheeks, a ghastly picture, stared from the dead to the living with dazed, terrified glances.

  26. She went sliding, sliding down, and, in an instant, had disappeared from the sight of the terrified group above.

  27. She looked from one to the other, terrified of the forces behind the masks of stern self-repression, and instinctively weighing them in a mental balance.

  28. Usually strong of nerve, there was something in the voice, in the words, which terrified her.

  29. Batiste, realizing his situation, suddenly grew silent, terrified at having incurred a fine, while laughter came from the crowd and howls of joy from his enemies.

  30. Batiste, terrified by this movement, ran toward his farm, bending over, in order to pass unnoticed along the shelter of the banks or the high mounds of straw.

  31. Pimento, and disappearing into the background through the dark door, all the people of the neighbourhood, the terrified chorus of the tragedy.

  32. The little table and the jars of brandy rolled away, the people backed instinctively, terrified by the gesture of this man, always so peaceful, who seemed now a giant in his madness.

  33. Lag would hammer imperiously upon the half-open door, and a terrified woman would answer the summons.

  34. While I turned to the terrified girl and severed the cords that bound her to the tree, the stranger was kneeling beside the soldiers.

  35. His appearance often terrified old women and children, by whom he was even sometimes taken for a wizard.

  36. The rumour quickly spread throughout the land, and terrified the people.

  37. The steward cast a suspicious look at the cook, yet stooped to listen at the hole, keeping his eye all the while on Morten and the terrified turnkeys.

  38. He was but slightly terrified by the citadels built on all sides against the human race by superstitions, despotisms, and prejudices; for he was one of those men who think that science will in the end turn the position.

  39. The child, with a sort of terrified obedience, stood on tip-toe and broke a pane with her fist; the glass fell with a great crash.

  40. May's face was like a yellow pearl, melting in its coldness with the terrified warmth of her blue-black eyes.

  41. May was terrified and relieved when the big hand brushed her hair heavily.

  42. She had listened to him with a terrified light growing in her eyes; but when he finished she got up from her seat, shivering from head to foot.

  43. Theo was slowly revealing to her that this despairing, terrified young creature would not understand her resistance in the slightest degree.

  44. Ye see, when he found hoo terrified we a' were, he keepit it up.

  45. Jess had been so terrified that she forgave him everything for sight of his face, and Hendry prayed for him at family worship with too much unction.

  46. She was so terrified there was something in't.

  47. Our one thought now was to reach the prison before it was too late, and we ran as fast as we could through streets that were filled with terrified and scantily clad citizens who were as ignorant as we were of what was really happening.

  48. This terrified her, and she thought: 'I must show nothing; I must keep my head!

  49. It was delivered with terrified secrecy in a back-yard, out of Mrs. Barter's hearing.

  50. She was back in an instant, gliding round the room, hunting with her eyes and hands, but she saw nothing, and her heart lightened, for she was terrified of all such things.

  51. He terrified her; she could not recognize her little, gay, gentle brother in those fierce and blasphemous words.

  52. As the awe-stricken eyes of the terrified child fell on the mass of stone and bronze, the sight smote him breathless.

  53. Then August, terrified beyond all self-control, and dominated by one master-passion, sprang out of the body of the stove and fell at the feet of the speaker.

  54. Nicholai Ivanich who, when he was in the Exchequer, was terrified to have an opinion of his own, now imagined that what he said was law.

  55. I am as terrified as if I were going to the scaffold.

  56. Windham's servant, who sat up with him during his last night, declared that "no man could appear more collected, more devout or less terrified at the thoughts of the approaching minute.

  57. The land was full of "sons of Anak," giants who had terrified the scouts sent from Kadesh.

  58. His grimaces, his gestures, his mutterings, sometimes diverted and sometimes terrified people who did not know him.

  59. All this refers only to exemption from outward punishment, and we are not obliged to attribute to these terrified bondmen any higher thoughts.

  60. Jacob was no soldier, and he is naturally terrified to meet his justly incensed brother.

  61. This dirty transaction marred his life, sent him a terrified exile from Isaac's tent, and shook his soul long years after with guilty apprehensions when he had to meet Esau.

  62. He that is chaste and continent not to impair his strength or terrified by contagion will hardly be heroically virtuous.

  63. When David first stood before her she drew back with a terrified look, still clutching the cat tightly.

  64. So he wandered up and down outside for hours in the bitter night, watching, amid the rattle of the shells and the terrified cries of women and children from the houses on either side.

  65. The anger of a man like Purcell terrified her, lay like a nightmare on a sensitive and introspective nature.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "terrified" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    afraid; aghast; anxious; ashen; astounded; awestruck; blanched; cowed; fearful; frightened; frozen; horrified; intimidated; pallid; paralyzed; petrified; scared; scary; stunned; stupefied; terrified; undone; unmanned; unnerved; unstrung