Read full poem →And deemed all space with angry power replete,
Angry, almighty-and panic-stricken have cried,
‘What have I done?’ ‘What wilt thou do to me?’
Dictionary Entry
Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. panicdisorder panicattacks panicattack panicpanic financialpanic moral
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Poetry examples for “panic”
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Read full poem →And deemed all space with angry power replete,
Angry, almighty—and panic-stricken have cried,
‘What have I done?’ ‘What wilt thou do to me?’
Read full poem →country. We would have been caught in the
throes of a panic more devastating than any we
Read full poem →Weeping; and so find kindness to her healing.
'Twixt tears and laughter, panic hurrying her,
She raised her eyes to that fair messenger.
Read full poem →That might seem best to the brave in mind
For combating the panic terror of the raids.
At times in their temples they made pagans’ vows,
Read full poem →Van Buren, 1837-1841.
Great financial panic.
Anti-slavery agitation.
Read full poem →And now in my tramping the spirit of John Kenton, or some other
Florist, seemed to lead me. My season of panic, preparation, and trial
was over. It was indeed Sunday on this planet for awhile. I passed bush
Read full poem →get to the streets! At the foot of the first incline I met a lame cat
creeping, panic-stricken, out of town.
Read full poem →Had perished there, but the Danes ran,
Stricken with panic from the attack,
The shouting of an unseen man;
Read full poem →'Oh God if he got loose!' And then
In fury and in panic fled
From the Hell Mouth at Cruachan