I looked into its eyes: blank, staring eyes where panic had overtaken reason.

Sudden panic overtook me.

But panic overtakes them all in dance that paradoxically builds with the music as gesture and situation become increasingly distilled.

When he can't find the gold he'd brought home in a handkerchief, panic overtakes him, tears roll down his face, terror and frenzy rack his body.

When he reached the safety of the stairwell, panic overtook him.

That was when panic overtook him, and he ran; he pulled the door open and ran out into the hall.

Nicholas felt panic overtake him.

She stopped as a final panic overtook her and congealed her brain.

But she kept on running, as panic overtook her, and didn't stop until she was back at the lift.

Quickly panic overtook the Vendéens and, as many fled, the assault failed.