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- adjective Alternative spelling of
horror-stricken .
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Examples
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She looked across the table at the Magus and saw in his horrorstricken green eyes that, deny it though he might to her, to others, or to himself, he knew she spoke the truth.
The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988
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Still, most of the Poles in the _pension_ are horrorstricken.
Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Ruth Pierce
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How will he meet them in the Day of Judgment, and look into their horrorstricken faces, realising that he played and toyed with their fancies and affections and pride to get money, and, instead of faithfully warning them and seeking to save them, with flattering words fattened their souls for destruction!
When the Holy Ghost is Come Col. S. L. Brengle
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Near the threshold he stopped, horrorstricken at the sight of a thing.
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But soon the people were again roused and horrorstricken by the deliberate murder of Dr. Randal,
A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 Stephen Palfrey Webb 1841
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