How to use "petrified" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "petrified" in popular movie and book plots

  • Unfortunately, he chooses a petrified tree, which knocks him cold upon impact.  - Born to Peck
  • That night, Schillinger tattoos a swastika onto a petrified Beecher's buttocks.  - The Routine
  • The petrified body of a gladiator is discovered at Pompeii, wearing a bronze medallion with Etruscan writing on it.  - Curse of the Faceless Man
  • The king and queen were devastated, and the entire hall was petrified while the mouse prince escapes, taking his mother's crown with him.  - The Nutcracker (1973 film)
  • Callie is petrified she and Easy both will get kicked out, because they were in the barn together when the blaze began.  - Lucky (von Ziegesar novel)
  • Chanda is appalled at the way Shiva leads his life, with everyone around petrified of him.  - Khoon Pasina
  • The Road Runner is petrified at the sight of his enemy on the robot, and Wile is soon in striking distance to issue STRIKE.  - The Solid Tin Coyote
  • The bunnies, feeling sympathy for the obviously petrified dog, decide to forgive the dog and help him against the vicious farmer.  - The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
  • Before he can cause him anymore harm, Gupta reveals that he is wearing a medallion that he found on the Leprechaun's then petrified body.  - Leprechaun 3
  • The Dwarfelles arrive and attack Lord Maliss as well but fail and become petrified themselves.  - Happily Ever After (1993 film)
  • Strange, the new sorceress supreme ventures below the surface of the Savage Land where she battles Garokk the petrified man.  - 2099: World of Tomorrow
  • He tries to chop down a petrified tree and pitch a tent with bad knots causing the nephews to laugh at his mistakes.  - Good Scouts
  • After Zieg defeated Melbu Frahma, Melbu cast a spell that both petrified him and kept Melbu's spirit alive within Zieg's body.  - The Legend of Dragoon
  • The blood sample has petrified and resembles prehistoric biomatter.  - Under the Bed (The Outer Limits)
  • Next Porky borrows a mountain lion, but the mouse has petrified and stuffed the lion.  - Mouse Menace
  • He escapes with the petrified Jasra, and returns to Amber where an unusual Trump summoning imprisons him in the Mad Hatter's tea party.  - Blood of Amber

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