Sentence examples for state of fright from inspiring English sources

"He's in an absolute state of fright," said the person with knowledge of the case.

He trembled with fear when he was taken before an officer for interrogation and was in such a state of fright that he could not talk readily.

Businesses large enough to have K Street lobbyists are hedging all possible political outcomes, but small-business owners without such counsel are paralyzed and in a state of fright.

"Finn!" I cried in fright, thinking he'd finally had enough of us.

Either Premier League teams haven't tried to replicate this, or aren't able to, preferring instead to walk out in a state of quivering fright.

First, Billy is "unstuck in time" and "has no control over where he is going next". "He is in a constant state of stage fright...because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next". This problem of Billy's enables Mr. Vonnegut to tell his story fluidly, jumping forward and backward in time, free from the strictures of chronology.

He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next".

It was like a constant state of stage fright.

To do that well, we must look past the alarmism of some and seek out reliable journalistic resources who strive to inform, arm, and empower us, individually and as a nation, rather than deafen us into a state of overwhelming fright and confusion.

It's worth watching to see if private equity becomes a slightly bigger exit route for other companies now past the point of raising funds but either not yet ready to hit the public markets — or not wanting to given the current state of IPO markets and fright post Facebook, but still looking for more funds to continue their growth.

This seems too broad, if it includes states of freezing in fright and of motionless depression.