Sentence examples for they were petrified from inspiring English sources
"They were petrified," said Bogdanova.
It's as if they were petrified.
I think they were petrified I was going to sue them for stealing it.
"Quite a few say they were told Johannesburg is a no-go area, and they were petrified, and once they're here, they see it's different".
Clinton's defenders worried little about their Republican opponents, but they were petrified of losing the support of Democratic leaders, such as Richard Gephardt, the Missouri congressman.
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.
"I guess they're petrified of Bob Franks," he said.
"They're petrified," said Senator Dale M. Volker, a Republican from Buffalo.
"They're petrified that somebody's going to light the fuse".
("They're petrified," was the hostess's reply when asked if the palms were real).
