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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hint of panic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a subtle or slight feeling of anxiety or fear in a person or situation.
Example: "As the deadline approached, there was a hint of panic in her voice when she spoke about the project."
Alternatives: "a trace of anxiety" or "a touch of fear."
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It is impossible not to detect a hint of panic.
Junior doctors are flushed, red in the face, eyes wide with a hint of panic.
A hint of panic has crept into the PQ's attempts to redirect public attention away from talk of independence.
Soon, a hint of panic appeared, and he posted a note saying that, six days on, he was still alive.
"I will do it in the apartment," he smiles, with an air that conveys both confidence and a hint of panic.
Imran Tahir is an ordinary wrist spinner by the highest international standards, but when he bowled into the rough and employed his googly there was a hint of panic from a number of the England batsmen.
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Lately, though, layoffs have spread, and the Kremlin has sought to tamp down any hint of panic.
There is a hint of blind panic about some redundancies.
"Soon it was going to go into foreclosure," said Ms. Crawford, a 60-year-old elementary school teacher, a hint of the panic of that time creeping into her voice.
But as an institution, the EU fears that even a hint of defeatism may spread panic.
Here was a rare moment of suspense, a hint of real human emotion (panic!) slipping out.
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