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(14) Being young, I was petrified of sitting in the car as it went through the car wash. (13) Conventional wisdom would be to go up and talk to her, but I'm petrified of failure. (12) However, politicians are still petrified of being accused of being too soft on drugs. (11) He enjoyed a long career in engineering, particularly involving locomotives, but as a child was petrified of trains. (10) Her hair was turned into a mass of poisonous snakes and her general appearance became so horrifying that anyone who looked upon her was petrified with terror.
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(9) My mother is petrified of hospitals and with all the recent bad press I think the look on her face at A&E said it all.
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(8) As a matter of fact, she was petrified of people informing her of things she had done wrong, even if it came with suggestions on how to improve. (6) She is absolutely petrified and too afraid to leave her own home. (5) He is the oldest brother, and I went to him many, many times, for advice when I was petrified to go talk to my dad. (4) I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary. (3) Now he is petrified of fireworks and the noise they make and was prompted to write to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph about his fears. (2) Now my daughter is absolutely petrified of fireworks and of the noises they make. (1) The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around volcanoes and within sedimentary strata.