Usage examples (35)

• Verb (used with object) : I was petrified with fear. ,The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions
• Such are popularly known as petrifying springs, although they merely incrust the objects and do not convert them into stone.
• Chennel Jagesur, a second year Actuarial Science student who had her lectures disrupted, described their actions as "petrifying".
• Family describes 'petrifying' moments as tornado hit their Berwick home