Sentence examples similar to I terrified someone from inspiring English sources

I was reading my copy on the Tube and I was terrified someone would look over my shoulder... It's like your favourite uncle being caught in a school playground, masturbating.

I was six months out from publishing my third book, and I was terrified someone would find the site and write about it.

Here, I'm terrified someone will ask me something — something as innocent as "where are the cabbages?" or "do you have the time?" — and I won't be able to answer.

Frail models shiver their way between fittings, terrified someone will spy their runny noses.

He had become increasingly aware of his sexuality and was terrified someone would find out.

He cannot leave home as he is terrified someone will come and take his son's possessions.

We knew it from the first episode, watching Nina's meltdown at work, terrified someone would find out she didn't know where her life was heading.

The wild-child Holly is terrified someone will put her in a cage — in the Truman Capote novella, she won't even walk past the Central Park Zoo — and she doesn't want to belong to anyone.

It was a red-and-blue silk gown with golden Plantagenet lions sewn on both the skirt and blouse" — but dressing like a princess is not the same as being one, and Nell is terrified someone will find out the truth.

Unfortunately our nation has a large population of sexually insecure males who like to walk around pretending they're Dirty Harry, and a still larger population of acquisitive status-seekers, terrified someone will steal their future landfill.

I half hoped that the sight of this enormous reptile would terrify someone, but no one noticed.