sheer terror

Frequency: 7.815.2 per million words

Emphasizes the great intensity of the fear.

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Examples (10)

  • The sheer terror she felt when she saw him.
  • He froze, paralyzed by sheer terror as the creature approached.
  • The sudden explosion filled everyone with sheer terror.
  • In that moment of freefall, all I could feel was sheer terror.
  • They watched in sheer terror as the building collapsed.
  • A scream of sheer terror escaped her lips.
  • The child's eyes were wide with sheer terror after the nightmare.
  • It was a situation that inspired sheer terror in the bravest of soldiers.
  • Overcome by sheer terror, he couldn't move a muscle.
  • The movie scene depicted the victims' sheer terror vividly.