He laughed at the terrible possibility that Jeod had told the truth.
He urged her to depart immediately with their children and wait out the terrible possibilities.
One by one, the terrible possibilities crowded in on him.
A terrible possibility flew to mind, accompanied by a sense of dread that made it seem certain.
"I must assume your people have weighed the terrible possibilities."
No, she thought, there was another, more terrible possibility.
It is the shadow of terrible possibility that forces them to be so.
"All the terrible possibilities, given the kind of minds, the evil out in the world."
And now terrible possibilities loomed over- head, straining to be born.
A host of terrible possibilities passed through her mind.