stampeded

Instead, the men took him at his word and stampeded for the ships, behaving like conscripts running for their lives at the first sound of the enemy.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Instead, the men took him at his word and stampeded for the ships, behaving like conscripts running for their lives at the first sound of the enemy.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

He is delighted to hear that the prime minister is not going to be "stampeded" by the "anti-Europeans" into a referendum on the treaty.

Archive 2007-08-01 Richard 2007

He is delighted to hear that the prime minister is not going to be "stampeded" by the "anti-Europeans" into a referendum on the treaty.

A portrait of a Europhile Richard 2007

NP broadcasting spokesman Daryl Swanepoel said submissions made by industry stakeholders to the National Assembly's communications committee indicated that the bill as introduced, if "stampeded" through Parliament, would not have the support of the industry.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

Manuel, fearing a flight of capital, immediately said he will not be "stampeded" into lifting exchange controls but rather follow

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

They get frightened -- 'stampeded' we call it -- and they don't care which way they run.

Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

My record says that General Rosser's (Confederate) brigade was "stampeded," but "our regiment charged beautifully and drove the enemy six miles."

A soldier's recollections : leaves from the diary of a young Confederate : with an oration on the motives and aims of the soldiers of the South, 1910

I reckon somethin 'stampeded 'em, for they never strayed far from camp before.

Partners of Chance Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

They understood his immense popularity, and were afraid that the convention might be "stampeded" in his favor.

American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt Edward Stratemeyer 1896