horror-struck
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of horror-struck
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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So she is horror-struck when the male director tells her that, as a woman in her 50s, she has a single take-it-or-leave-it option: playing a witch.
From New York Times
I listened, horror-struck, on my drive to school, then watched your carnage on the TVs in my high school auditorium.
From Washington Post
Seeing Bran again, confined to a wheelchair because of that fall, Jamie looks decidedly guilty and horror-struck.
From The Verge
The two-part “Best of Both Worlds” — 1990’s season 3 finale and season 4 kickoff — left fans horror-struck, as the Enterprise faced off against the monstrous alien Borg, and lost Captain Picard to assimilation.
From The Verge
After all, what could be more irritating, and even offensive, than to have someone photographing you while you mourn, horror-struck, the burning of a relative’s body?
From New York Times
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