Sentence examples for fear gripped him from inspiring English sources

After two world wars, after the destruction of his home and his career, after his country's colonization by Russia, fear gripped him only as he left the past behind, and faced — like so many of his characters — an uncertain future by a dim light.

"Helmet in the Bush" was about Davis' drug abuse, and the fear that gripped him at the height of his drug problem.

The upside for the Spaniard is psychological; he seems much calmer and more confident against Djokovic these days, as if the fear that gripped him in their matches has finally passed.

In his dim office, the photographer went on to remember the fear that gripped him the first time he saw uniformed Zapatista casualties following their skirmishes with the Mexican Army.

She explains during the hospitalization, fear gripped her amidst the heavily regimented and structured therapy sessions.

Great fear gripped each of us in Manus prison.

When the teams began lining out, a bit of fear gripped me.

When fear gripped the European markets in April, the money manager Robert Tipp decided to buy more Portuguese government bonds.

Fear gripped the capital as residents hoarded cash from banks and thousands packed into cars and taxis to flee.

The woman is full of fear, gripped by a secret terror that she only shares with the man she loves.

Fear gripped the French media world last night after the government warned that a gunman who attacked the left-wing newspaper Libération is likely to strike again.