mortally afraid

Frequency: 2.53.4 per million words

Afraid to the point of feeling one might die; extremely literary or dramatic.

afraidADVERB + afraid

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mortally

Examples (10)

  • The knight stood his ground, though he was mortally afraid of the dragon's fiery breath.
  • She confessed in a whisper that she was mortally afraid of failure.
  • Trapped in the collapsing mine, the worker became mortally afraid of being buried alive.
  • His eyes were wide with terror; he looked mortally afraid.
  • The young soldier, facing the overwhelming enemy charge, felt mortally afraid for the first time.
  • He was mortally afraid of losing her, a fear that consumed his every thought.
  • As the ghostly figure glided towards her, she was paralyzed, mortally afraid of what it might do.
  • Despite his calm exterior, the actor was mortally afraid of forgetting his lines on opening night.
  • The sight of the approaching tsunami left the islanders mortally afraid.
  • I stood on the edge of the cliff, mortally afraid of the dizzying height below.