How to Use panic attack in a Sentence

panic attack

noun
  • New @nytopinion columnist comes out of the gates with a straw-man panic attack on wokeism.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
  • My boyfriend came over and held my hand through my panic attack.
    Essence, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Who has heard of a panic attack happening in the middle of the night?
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Since that night, Haim said, she’s had panic attacks and has been unable to sleep well.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Then Janice has a panic attack, and Agata’s talking her down is one of the high points of the play.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2023
  • One of the victims called the squad during a panic attack two months ago and went to the hospital.
    cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • But first, the series picks up right where episode 3 left off, with Conrad in the middle of a panic attack on the beach.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 July 2023
  • Schwartz has come a long way from that near-panic attack in the Browns locker room in August.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2022
  • This is not the Tom Schwartz that had a panic attack about bartending at Pump.
    Vulture, 8 June 2023
  • Brandan’s mom had the worst of it, suffering a full panic attack at the idea of the bugs touching her.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Seeing that little boy on the bed gave me a panic attack.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • One bystander was treated on the scene for a panic attack, Reynolds said.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 July 2022
  • The panic attacks began in the fall, during my first stay in Stockholm.
    Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
  • After a brief panic attack, Carmel escapes the pod only to be trapped in a locked room.
    Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The sign of another panic attack, his fourth that week.
    New York Times, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Then, in the middle of all that, a panic attack changed everything.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • To the extent that a number of them fainted, with at least one having a panic attack.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Nov. 2021
  • In 2017, during a home game against the Atlanta Hawks, Love suffered a panic attack.
    Elissa Epel, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2022
  • After the birth of the first of their two sons, Ms. Sparks found that even the smallest dose of marijuana brought on panic attacks.
    Sridhar Pappu, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And then the officer had what was most likely a panic attack.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2021
  • One such moment came when Wexler was dropped from his first major record deal, which kicked off a string of panic attacks.
    Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • When their plane was briefly held on the runway before take-off their daughter had a panic attack.
    Howard Amos, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The scene where Cleveland Castillo helps Conrad through a panic attack is not in the books either.
    Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 16 July 2023
  • By morning, Shane’s touch is enough to induce a panic attack.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Sometimes, a road sign can send her into a panic attack.
    Elaine Aradillas, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In 2019, Wilson had a panic attack while training on a glacier in Europe.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Gabby says the prospect of being in the final three is giving her a (very quiet) panic attack.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Probably the one where Eva the Diva won after her panic attack with the spider on her face.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Allen’s panic attack on the blacktop was her third—all of them had taken place since the pandemic began, two of them at school.
    Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic, 2 May 2022
  • The Miramar Air Show was taking place nearby and the loud jet noise triggered a panic attack.
    Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022

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