Emotions & feelings
freeze
stop reacting from shock
To suddenly stop moving or responding because you are shocked, frightened, or under pressure.
Hear it in real life
Why didn't you answer the question?
I froze and couldn't think of anything to say.
I froze when everyone turned around and looked at me.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I freezed when he asked me.
Say: I froze when he asked me.
The past form of freeze is froze, not freezed.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
freeze; froze; have frozen; freeze whenclause
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I froze when everyone turned around and looked at me.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
freeze
stop reacting from shock
“I froze when everyone turned around and looked at me.”
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