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Meanings of abject fear in English

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Usage of abject fear in English
1
Zeke swallowed hard, partly out of guilt and partly from abject fear.
Boneshaker
2
Also, Jonah, though a brute, lives in abject fear of his stepmother.
Through Russia
3
Her former flippant indifference to his remonstrances now changed into abject fear.
Barriers Burned Away
4
He passes to feeble despair and abject fear, as we shall see.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
5
There is no loud, defiant humming now, but abject fear seizes them.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
6
For the first time in his life he felt what abject fear was.
Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
7
Fear, abject fear, held him in grasp; he could not shout.
Jane Cable
8
They appeared to be living in abject fear of this grim old nobleman.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
9
We pass through the hatch, confused motives propelled by abject fear.
Hull zero three
10
Frustration was replaced with abject fear as men filled the doorway.
The darkest touch
11
Partly shocked, but more from abject fear, Hooliam collapsed with a brutish moan.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
12
Amshar was crouching behind Mrs. Falchion, and clinging to her skirts in abject fear.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
13
Wrath with myself for want of courage wrestled in vain with pale, abject fear.
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
14
She found them huddled in their beds in abject fear.
Ghosts
15
And the mob, feeling its mighty force, experienced the sensation of abject fear and terror.
Mystic Christianity; Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master
16
Behind that forbidding exterior I sensed an abject fear.
A Stir of Echoes
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common