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Meanings of helpless terror in English

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Usage of helpless terror in English
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The under-secretary wrung his hands in an agony of helpless terror.
Stories by English Authors: England
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Two or three other women were standing by in helpless terror and curiosity.
Marcella
3
The dazed eyes of the drunken man looked at him in helpless terror!
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
4
His eyes opened wide, and fixed upon me with a sort of helpless terror.
To-morrow?
5
Nelatha's eyes closed as she keened silently in helpless terror.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs
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The customers and refugees look on in helpless terror.
Number9Dream
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But the girl's eyes only riveted themselves in more hopeless, helpless terror upon the apparition.
Idle Hour Stories
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She had to run before she froze in helpless terror and was consumed by it.
The seeker
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Braun saw the woman's helpless terror and so left her alone with her helpless charge.
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
10
Partly through physical exhaustion and breathlessness, and partly through helpless terror, she fell on her knees.
Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
11
She closed her eyes for a moment and tried to suppress the feeling of helpless terror.
The Departure
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The old servant stood wringing his hands in helpless terror, and wailing, "Monsieur, monsieur!"
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
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I tried to silence myself but could not, and I stared at Ignifex in helpless terror.
Cruel Beauty
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A sound of helpless terror filled his throat.
I Am Legend
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For a minute or two my head swam and I felt a prey to a helpless terror.
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
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Meera was going to climb right into this, Bran realized, with a sick sense of helpless terror.
A Dance with Dragons
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