Especially when a whole city is in a state of panic.

He was kept waiting for an hour, in a state of growing panic, outside the conference room.

She's likely to be in a state of panic when I get to her.

The women, he said "are in a state of panic and anxiety when they come to see us."

Most people would be in a complete state of panic by now.

In a state of near panic, she didn't know what else to do.

But I was left in a state of utter panic.

It makes no sense at all to discuss this in a state of panic.

Right now, they seem to be in a complete state of panic.

My wife and daughter are in a state of panic.