Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
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The frightened manager of the Red Spark was in the control room.
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The idea of being seen frightened me; it just didn't stop me.
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It's happened often enough that they aren't frightened by it any longer.
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She had good intentions, but she wanted her friends to be frightened.
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In fact, the idea of doing so frightened him quite a lot.
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Paulo was terrified: 'Do you mean I'm going to have shock treatment?'
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He is always terrified in the moment of real crisis and peril.
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Cutler said both were terrified of Keylock, who threatened them with violence.
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They are the actions of a government terrified of adverse media attention.
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In a way she was terrified; in another way she was contemptuous.
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They panicked in the way that people trained to expect violence panic.
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Of course, that was a surprise and, of course, they panicked then.
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Some panicked producers have decided to continue exporting, even at a loss.
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People panicked when they started to get into financial difficulties, Wrightson said.
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The political establishment panicked in the immediate aftermath of the General Election.
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The English hosts were in panic-stricken flight; Scotland at last was free.
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They scream for mercy; they throw away their guns; they are panic-stricken.
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To the panic-stricken people the minutes that followed seemed years of terror.
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His failure left him puzzled and panic-stricken; he could not understand it.
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The possibility of passing in safety did not enter their panic-stricken minds.
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I wouldn't be so panicky today based on what happened last night.
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For one panicky moment he wondered if he had said too much.
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So excellent against Serbia, they have been desperately disappointing, far too panicky.
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Wall Street was panicky-chieflybecause of the immense depreciation in railway securities.
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I got a little panicky; we were treading in very dangerous waters.
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Goignies also attempted, without success, to restore order among the panic-struck ranks.
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The wounded man flew to the troop; the others were panic-struck, and fled.
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I marvelled at the self-possession so soon following the spell of panic-struck muttering.
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They were already panic-struck by the unexpected appearance of the enemy.
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I remember how we all stood, mute and panic-struck, in the dark little counting-house.
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Agias and his companion watched the throng of panic-struck exiles.
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And, strangling and panic-struck, he became wilder in his fruitless efforts to wrench loose.
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But there were others, who had been as it were panic-struck by the statement.
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These poor people fled like panic-struck sheep, and the soldiery tracked them like wolves.
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I was nearly as panic-struck and powerless as Welbeck himself.
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Judges, advocates and auditors were panic-struck and breathless with attention.
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While we sashayed on the steps, she glanced back, panic-struck.
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The assailants fell back, panic-struck at the loss of their commander; and our attack failed.
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Before sunrise the whole camp was panic-struck, for it was surrounded by men with rifles.
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After some time the KING enters, accompanied by many GRANDEES; and starts, panic-struck, at the sight.
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The authorities were completely panic-struck, expecting that their own Town Hall would be the next attacked.