Sentence examples for terrified of falling from inspiring English sources

And I'm always terrified of falling off the bike".

In August 1940, he found the city teeming with refugees terrified of falling into the Gestapo's clutches.

Cadets had complained to an armed forces ombudsman that they had been forced to climb the rigging even if they were terrified of falling.

The dancers were placed on a small temporary platform, and, as practically all their faces showed, they were terrified of falling off.

Their trials became my own: shy Joey, with a need to please but terrified of falling short, was my Patronus, but I loved them all.

But the Knicks are suddenly a desperate team, terrified of falling behind in the race for playoff seeding in a season that could determine Carmelo Anthony's future with the franchise.

The film, drawing on interviews with survivors and on footage that was shot by several participants during the climb, pieces together what apparently happened, a terrifying tale of falling ice, a shortage of rope, confusion and heroism.

He believes the current trend in poetry seems to be a "fear of boring the reader" with every line having "three interesting things in it because people are terrified of the reader falling asleep.

We're territorial, guarded, and almost terrified of the idea that our music might fall into the wrong hands.

Gandhi was terrified of having to speak to a group: his vision would fog over; he would fall mute.

But, unlike most actors, he is terrified of sounding pretentious - he has a mental audience of fellow comedians ready to fall about laughing if he says anything serious.