Sentence examples for petrified by the prospect from inspiring English sources

Joe is eager for them to seal their renewed bond by having children (though he's still a child himself), while Sally is petrified by the prospect.

One single mother was too scared to give her name for fear doctors would refuse to treat her baby boy and was visibly petrified by the prospect of eviction.

Their predictions are based on all of the usual psycho-marketing factors: what's happening in the economy, the arts and technology; and whether we're likely to feel happy about events in the world around us, or petrified by the prospect of natural disasters, geopolitical crises, pandemics and environmental horrors.

North Korea is "petrified" by the rapid American victory in Iraq, Mr. Roh said Friday in an interview with The Washington Post.

At the doorway, the patient's mother stood motionless, petrified by the image of her healthy, exuberant 20-year-old daughter, now pale and unresponsive.

The television industry is, not unjustifiably, petrified by the zapping phenomenon.

Democrats aren't the only people who are petrified by the possibilities.

in the tall grass, or deer petrified by the sudden snap of a twig under a boot.

At first they were sceptical, looking at it on both sides, but then humbly crossed themselves and returned home petrified by the wonder they had seen.

For what it's worth, I think he's atrocious, and I was surprised when Iranians voted him in; by all accounts they were petrified at the prospect of four years under one of his even more reactionary rivals.

Insiders say the company is petrified of the prospect of new problems.