But it was a terrifying two minutes.

For a terrifying few minutes he had a pretty clear vision of man's inhumanity to man.

The whole episode had taken only a few, terrifying minutes.

In 15 terrifying minutes, they slaughtered 30 miners and lost five soldiers.

It was the work of five terrifying minutes to reach the bottom.

How many more would drown in the terrifying minutes that followed?

Then the doctor saw Kathy Moudy, who had become temporarily blind in one eye for a terrifying 15 minutes six days earlier.

They drop from the clouds, wreak havoc for a few terrifying minutes (or hours), and then vanish.

For maybe five terrifying minutes, the ocean rose to the islanders' chins - everywhere.

One more terrifying minute went by.