Examples of 'deer in headlights' in a sentence

Meaning of "deer in headlights"

deer in headlights - This expression is used to describe someone who appears stunned, frozen, or paralyzed with fear or surprise, similar to how a deer might react when caught in the headlights of a vehicle

How to use "deer in headlights" in a sentence

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deer in headlights
The just look at me like a deer in headlights.
Like a deer in headlights.
You standing there at attention like a deer in headlights.
Baked deer in headlights.
Made you feel powerful knowing everything while I walked around like a deer in headlights.
Tom froze like a deer in headlights.
Like you are waiting for something terrible to happen . You always look like a deer in headlights.
You look like a deer in headlights.
I do . Made you feel powerful knowing everything while I walked around like a deer in headlights.
Mary froze like a deer in headlights.
What deer in headlights thing?
I can tell, you are doing that deer in headlights thing.
You looked like a deer in headlights when his mom came over.
I caught him right between the eyes ; like a deer in headlights.
I am that deer in headlights.

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If there is a problem, he runs away, hides and freezes like a deer in headlights.
He looked like a deer in headlights to me.
Joselyn, there were moments where you were a little deer in headlights.
I was also a deer in headlights.
Once he hit one child, the other two probably froze like a deer in headlights.
I felt like a deer in headlights.
But no, they chose one that made them look like an addled deer in headlights.
Janet Yellen looked like a deer in headlights last week while testifying before Congress.
So now I'm staring at Jax like a deer in headlights.
I mean, he was just a deer in headlights a couple days in a row.
But I believe they beamed him, like a deer in headlights.
Didn't look like a deer in headlights which was good.
And, so, most of the time, they just lay there frozen like a deer in headlights.
I'm still at the deer in headlights stage.
You are such a liar . I know you . I can tell, you are doing that deer in headlights thing.
She 's a deer in headlights.
You look scared, Felix. Like a deer in headlights.
He looks like a deer in headlights.
They are frozen - like a deer in headlights.
Thanks a lot. You looked like a deer in headlights when his mom came over.
It 's almost like a deer in headlights.
His eyes, he 's like a deer in headlights.

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