PETRIFY in a Sentence
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31 example sentences for PETRIFY, such as:
1. One thought one beheld hubbub petrified.
2. She looked at him, and was fairly petrified.
3. His sudden and unexpected appearance seemed to petrify her.
4. Felton stood before this strange apparition like one petrified.
5. The petrified air of the two brats rendered some shock necessary.
2. She looked at him, and was fairly petrified.
3. His sudden and unexpected appearance seemed to petrify her.
4. Felton stood before this strange apparition like one petrified.
5. The petrified air of the two brats rendered some shock necessary.
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Meanings and Examples of PETRIFY
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petrify
v. convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 He remained where he was, petrified like the statue of salt, not daring to make a movement.
2 The name of Javert routed them by its mere utterance; the face of Javert petrified them at sight.
3 The storm of the combat still lingers in this courtyard; its horror is visible there; the confusion of the fray was petrified there; it lives and it dies there; it was only yesterday.
4 The slab has here been replaced by a cross-beam, against which lean five or six shapeless fragments of knotty and petrified wood which resemble huge bones.
5 This extraordinary cavalry petrified Clinton, who had seen Talavera and Badajoz.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
6 He remained nailed to the spot, petrified, stupid, asking himself, athwart confused and inexpressible anguish, what this sepulchral persecution signified, and whence had come that pandemonium which was pursuing him.
7 The petrified air of the two brats rendered some shock necessary.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
8 Marius, petrified and incapable of uttering a syllable, made a sign with his head that he did not.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
9 One thought one beheld hubbub petrified.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
10 Races which are petrified in dogma or demoralized by lucre are unfit to guide civilization.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
11 Felton stood before this strange apparition like one petrified.
12 Milady remained still in bed, petrified by surprise; so many unexpected things happened to her all at once that for the first time she was at a loss.
13 So startling and unexpected was this conclusion that the guest sat reduced to a state of pale, petrified, genuine amazement.
14 She looked at him, and was fairly petrified.
15 The whole group suddenly shifts positions and remains standing as if petrified.
Example Sentence:
1 His sudden and unexpected appearance seemed to petrify her.