horror-struck
骇人听闻,惊恐万状,惊恐不安,惊恐万分
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- : stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
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It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”
In the end, the clarity that comes from moments of horror can help us recommit to deeper principles.
He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.
“Internationally there has been a lot of horror and contempt for her actions, domestically very little,” he said.
The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The king was struck with horror at the description I had given him of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made.
But all you can think of are the horror stories about the worn out genes of Earth.
It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.
Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."