How to use "terror" in a sentence
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So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance
But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course - both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.
At night, anger changed to terror
Women lived in terror
Valjean gazed down at the bishop's gentle, sleeping face, and felt a kind of terror
But before Valjean could produce more coins, the priest rode away in terror.
Danny's cry escalated into a scream of terror; he was being buried alive
Tina's terror over Danny's impending entombment was suddenly mixed with fear for her own life
Twisting around in terror, she called Elliot's name
Even after all this time, when she thought about Danny's last moments on earth - the terror he must have known, the excruciating pain he must have endured, even if it was of brief duration - she began to choke with sorrow and pity
Her heartbeat became less like the pounding of a jackhammer, but it still did not settle into a normal rhythm; now it was affected by excitement rather than terror
I looked again at the cylinder, and felt great terror.
The fear I felt was panic - terror not only of the Martians but of the dark and stillness all around me
My terror had fallen from me like a piece of clothing
'But where can we go?' said my wife in terror.
The horse ran forwards in terror at high speed.
Then, and only then, he understood something of the full power and terror of the Martians
Looking to the north-east, my brother saw the long line of ships already moving away from the approaching terror
We stood for a moment in terror, then ran through a gate behind us into a garden and hid in a corner until the stars were out.
It filled me with terror to think how quickly that great change had come
It had happened in this way, and I and many others did not see that it would happen because terror and disaster had blinded our minds
"He is the terror of southern California,'' says another soldier.