Panic Stricken

“They clearly got panic-stricken because there were four of them,” charges Gordon McVie, the former chief executive of Cancer Research UK and a senior consultant at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You get a quick glimpse of the cop behind the wheel, face panic-stricken, as he flies past, plowing through a pile of curbside garbage and newspaper racks. ❋ Max Brallier (2011)

As for me, I was as panic-stricken as a frightened horse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Alexander and his men moved into the Illyrian camp and killed the first of the enemy as they slept, then attacked the panic-stricken barbarians with such swiftness that they threw aside their weapons and ran from the city, the survivors escaping into the mountains. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

The past nine months of anticipation for this very moment, where I had been consumed with nothing but how to get to this exact place, and now I was panic-stricken. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Some of them reflect astonishing openness, stemming in part from the lessons of the terrible failure in dealing with the Jewish "other" a mere 70 years ago; and others reflect isolationist insularity, which engenders the Islamophobia, xenophobia and other manifestations of panic-stricken racism from which we are not exempt, either. ❋ Avraham Burg (2011)

Even in those panic-stricken early hours, I felt the weight of the other mother in that room, the presence of Mary. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Suddenly the "mature" teen morphed into a panic-stricken maniac. ❋ Kim Carillo (2011)

Casino crowd is light, but the few panic-stricken gamblers flee in all directions. ❋ F. J. Lennon (2011)

No panic-stricken looks and fewer last-minute scrambling runs to the MasterChef pantry -- it was evident that we were left with the most capable group thus far. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lena remained silent, but turned to look at the panic-stricken man sitting across the room from her, furiously texting. ❋ Elle (2011)

I don't understand why we have to be so fearful and panic-stricken? ❋ Unknown (2010)