How to Use terror in a Sentence

terror

noun

• The sound of guns being fired fills me with terror.
• These people have been living with terror and the threat of terror for many years.
• Many civilians fled in terror.
• What could be worse than these twin terrors?
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
• But that’s not how state terror works.
  — M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
• That is, in fact, how state terror works.
  — M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
• There was at least one bright spot amid the terror and chaos.
  — NBC News, 20 Aug. 2021
• This was an act of terror, James.
  — Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
• The global war on terror was near its peak.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• Total terror raged for a month or more.
  — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
• Others have come face to face with the terror of war.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
• Iran has been the chief exporter of terror.
  — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• So far, no terror group is known to have used a suicide drone.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021
• Yang’s mother dropped to the floor in terror.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
• When the heat was cut off, cold and terror gripped those who remained.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
• Said squad-mate will cry out in terror and sorrow as their friend falls.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• He may very well be isolated again, and that is the terror.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
• And the terror of being a failure as a mom, and will her son be okay?
  — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
• This is a terror-sponsoring state that has to be brought down.
  — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• This is where the terror-edge of being lost bends to leisurely joy.
  — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Many moments of terror and tension to keep us on the edge of our seats.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• The survivors watched in terror as their guardian was relieved of his suit.
  — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
• Screams of terror as cars and buildings engulfed in flames.
  — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
• The attack killed at least six people, and the rest of the town fled in terror.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
• But since the document came out, terror seems to have changed sides once more.
  — Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• The city saw some of the terror group’s worst atrocities.
  — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
• Trump voters know just as well as the rest of us that the terror wars were a mistake.
  — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• There's no recipe link for this one because this is a terror straight from the depths of our own souls.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 13 July 2022
• Dizziness spun my vision and terror chilled my skin.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
• Others react not with joy but with terror.
  — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026