PANIC in a Sentence

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For PANIC, below is one of 70 sentences:
"I--I don't know what I think," Melanie began uncertainly, her fire deserting her and panic at her outspokenness taking hold of her.

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 Meanings and Examples of PANIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
panic
 n.  sudden mass fear and anxiety
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  The sight of these men threw the County boys into a panic for fear the war would be over before they could reach Virginia, and preparations for the Troop's departure were speeded.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  "I--I don't know what I think," Melanie began uncertainly, her fire deserting her and panic at her outspokenness taking hold of her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  Though they tried not to believe, whole neighborhoods, swayed by panic, rushed to town, to the newspapers, to headquarters, pleading for news, any news, even bad news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  With panic in her heart, Scarlett did not know whether to tell Melanie of Rhett's words and have the dubious comfort of her misery or keep it to herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  Atlanta was in agony and panic.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  There was no panic now, no hysteria.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  Seeing the panic written on the little black face and fearing she might alarm Melanie by crying out evil tidings, Scarlett hastily put her finger to her lips and left the window.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  Negroes were running up and down the street, panic in their faces; and on porches, white children sat crying untended.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  All the fiends of hell seemed screaming in her ears and her brain swirled with confusion and panic so overpowering she clung to the window sill for support.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
10  The dangers of the night which had driven Scarlett into panic had affected him like an intoxicant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  She stopped and wrung her hands and the frightened sobbing of little Wade who was clutching Melanie's skirt added to her panic.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  In fact, the sight of his dark face brought a feeling of guilty panic to her breast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  She remembered her helplessness and her panic at her helplessness and her hatred of the Yankees who had imposed this galling system upon the South.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
14  Now, as she tiptoed across the room toward the quiet figure, panic clutching at her heart, she knew that Melanie had been her sword and her shield, her comfort and her strength.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
15  All that mattered in the world had gone out of it, life was in ruins and panic howled through her heart like a cold wind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
2  In no case should you panic.
3  The prime minister pressed the panic button yesterday as Britain's economy plunged deeper into crisis.
4  The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic.
5  A panic in the face, your love be strong without fear.
6  There was a stampede of panic - stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
7  There was a last-minute panic when nobody could find the tickets.
8  The note of pure panic in his voice was almost comical.
9  Thank you for your smile, once panic over my time.
10  Public speaking can produce a state of mind akin to panic.
11  A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about.
12  Careful planning at this stage will help to avoid a last-minute panic.
13  They were in a state of panic.
14  Marty shouted in panic, patting his coat, digging crazily into his pockets.
15  In sudden panic, she's convinced someone sinister is trying to push her from the train.