Sentence examples for constant state of terror from inspiring English sources
You condition mice by keeping them in a constant state of terror.
"Women and girls are living in a constant state of terror … treated as mere trophies in a ruthless war between gangs that largely control their countries.
Of his initial detention in Mauritania, for example, he writes: "I hated the compound, I hated the dark, dirty room, I hated the filthy bathroom, and I hated everything about it, especially the constant state of terror and fear".
So I found myself in the emergency room two days in a row thinking that I was dying, suffering extreme panic and anxiety, without any sort of dissipation whatsoever: It was like a constant state of terror.
It was a constantly surprising conflict where Tamil Hindus – and occasionally even Christians – were the suicide bombers, Muslims tended to be non-violent onlookers and the Buddhist Singhalese majority operated a violent "gestapo", which succeeded in keeping the minority communities in a constant state of terror.
"These people are living in a constant state of terror, afraid to go outside or to the pharmacy.
There's a whole Orwellian nomenclature that has been made up to deliberately keep the general public in a constant state of confusion that some terror has swept across the city: "king hit", "coward punch", "alcopop", "alcohol-related violence".
