Adjective : panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call. From Dictionary.com.
The Jacobin printers and their friends are panic-struck. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
The foe arrives, sees the antlered monarch, and is panic-struck. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
We returned to the house, more panic-struck than I can describe. From Wordnik.com. [The Purcell Papers] Reference
During this strange scene the amazed and panic-struck judges whispered. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Before sunrise the whole camp was panic-struck, for it was surrounded by men with rifles. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
These poor people fled like panic-struck sheep, and the soldiery tracked them like wolves. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
But, in the middle of the night I woke up panic-struck with all the dangers the beach can bring. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
Terrified at the death of their comrades, the remainder were panic-struck, and instantly ran below. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages] Reference
Colonel Douglas at, 232; ships cannonade, 232-234; troops panic-struck, 234-236; criticism on, 240. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
The exceptions consisted of a few high-born females, who, panic-struck, and tamed by sorrow, had joined him. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Man] Reference
Poll: What do you do when you are woken up at 0545 by a panic-struck bat inside your tent which is fortunately huge?. From Wordnik.com. [Multimedia message] Reference
So, at this moment, as those on the ramparts stopped, panic-struck, fearing that they should die as their comrades did, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
Gandharva approach them like a lion in fury, all the Sutas trembling with fear and greatly distressed, became panic-struck. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
There could be no doubt from which room they came, and the panic-struck company dashed upstairs like a breakaway mob of cattle. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
The rout was complete and the enemy so demoralized that Longstreet -- feeling that he could be crushed while panic-struck -- ordered Wheeler to intercept his flight. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
England became the common refuge of the panic-struck Protestants. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People Volume 4 (of 8)] Reference
Wheeling round, the British dragoons fled, panic-struck, followed by the. From Wordnik.com. [Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign] Reference
They were already panic-struck by the unexpected appearance of the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Judges, advocates and auditors were panic-struck and breathless with attention. From Wordnik.com. [Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale] Reference
He was too confounded and panic-struck to attempt either argument or persuasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story] Reference
The panic-struck individual who had just vacated it was of course the proprietor. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865] Reference
I remember how we all stood, mute and panic-struck, in the dark little counting-house. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
Goignies also attempted, without success, to restore order among the panic-struck ranks. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
The townspeople were discerned, packing up their goods, and speeding panic-struck into the interior. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Though panic-struck with this ominous voice, she dared not complain, nor ask to have the man removed. From Wordnik.com. [The Peasant and the Prince] Reference
The Cardinal took the paper from the hands of the overwhelmed and panic-struck minister, and read it. From Wordnik.com. [Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General] Reference
Then the stream of men retreating, mixed with clogging masses of panic-struck civilians, became a torrent. From Wordnik.com. [Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray] Reference
Ill-managed, panic-struck, staggering before their foes, the Spanish fleet was now close upon the fatal sands of. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Before he could take a decision, he had the satisfaction of seeing the enemy, panic-struck, save him any further trouble. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
The rude militia threw away their arms, and fled panic-struck in all directions, at the first sight of their terrible foe. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
In spite of his panic-struck protestations that he knew less than nothing about woman's requirements, she led him up-town. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow's End] Reference
The toils which I had endured in reaching this height appeared, to my panic-struck fancy, less easy to be borne again than death. From Wordnik.com. [Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker] Reference
Ignoring the panic-struck woman on the bank, he flashed past her and galloped, body-deep, into the water; toward the swaying canoe. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
The enemy, panic-struck at their sudden and hideous yell, fled with precipitancy, leaving their arms, accoutrements, and haversacks. From Wordnik.com. [The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816] Reference
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