The phrase "a certain terror" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific type of fear or anxiety that is not fully defined but is understood in context.
Example: "As she walked through the dark alley, she felt a certain terror creeping up her spine."
Alternatives: "a particular fear" or "an unmistakable dread."
Composing, by contrast, inspired a certain terror in him, and the theatre world caused him endless frustration.
After only one or two lines, though, you are engulfed in fine mist, and a certain terror sets in.
There's a certain terror that wells up within newspaper executives as they try to contemplate the internet and its refusal to take any specific shape.
Now that parité is law — the first paritaire elections will begin next spring — the women involved in that debate are objects of some fascination, and even of a certain terror.
Now that parité is law the first paritaire elections will begin next spring the women involved in that debate are objects of some fascination, and even of a certain terror.
The author's vivid descriptions of Hell and of the fearful state of mind of his merciless hero, as well as his creation of the savage, embittered, yet remorseful fiend Mephistopheles were so realistic that they inspired a certain terror in the reader.
A federal judge in Washington has blocked the government from enforcing a provision of law that allows the authorities to hold certain terror suspects indefinitely without trial, a ruling handed down as the House voted to extend a law that expands the government's surveillance powers.
It essentially legalized retroactively President George W. Bush's outlaw program of wiretapping certain terror suspects without a warrant.
It is painful to admit it, but in a certain sense terror always "succeeds".
The moderate Maine Republican drafted a proposal following the Orlando mass shooting that would ban persons on certain terror suspect lists maintained by the FBI from purchasing a firearm.
In essence, the Australian citizenship amendment (allegiance to Australia) bill will, if passed, revoke the citizenship of dual citizens who: Serve outside Australia in a foreign army at war with Australia or in a proscribed terrorist organisation; Engage in certain terrorist conduct; or Are convicted of certain terror related offences.
