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  • So fear-struck was Larry that he chattered and grimaced like an ape, and shouldered and struggled to get away from the dark and into the safety of the shaft of light that shone out of the chart-house.

    CHAPTER XXXV 2010

  • And they knew fear precisely of the same sort as that of the fear-struck girl below in the lazarette.

    CHAPTER X 2010

  • He expected praise for what he had done, but when Skipper merely told him to let go, he obeyed with the realization that this lurking, fear-struck creature was somehow different, and must be treated differently, from other lurking creatures.

    CHAPTER IV 2010

  • Van Horn shook hands with him — an honour he accorded only chiefs — and motioned him to squat down on deck on his hams close to the fear-struck girl, who began trembling again at recollection of having once heard

    CHAPTER IX 2010

  • They suggest that the two heavyweights in the monetary union, the pair that will bear the financial burden of a bailout for Greece, might be better placed to absorb the fallout from this mess than fear-struck markets imply.

    A Blessing In Disguise Behind the Euro Fears 2010

  • “Not for me, sir, I could not take it; no, sir, please not,” he cried in a hurried, fear-struck voice.

    Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions 2007

  • Therefore, the birth rate decline is a natural outcome of prevailing circumstances, and the fear-struck villagers will take a long time to recover even after the situation returns to normal, they add.

    Birth rate plunges in Salwa Judum -hit South Bastar Abhay N 2006

  • Therefore, the birth rate decline is a natural outcome of prevailing circumstances, and the fear-struck villagers will take a long time to recover even after the situation returns to normal, they add.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Half an hour from now, when I shall again and for ever re-induce that hated personality, I know how I shall sit shuddering and weeping in my chair, or continue, with the most strained and fear-struck ecstasy of listening, to pace up and down this room (my last earthly refuge) and give ear to every sound of menace.

    The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2004

  • While some fear-struck people wanted to do that, most New Yorkers were outraged.

    Archive 2004-03-01 2004

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