Usage History of 'petrify'

The following chart shows how frequently 'petrify' appeared in printed materials over time. For example, the word 'petrify' occurred 41 times in books in 1667 and 2,415 times in 2008. From 1667 to 2008, the word 'petrify' was used a total of 52,653 times in books scanned by Google. See Reference: Google Ngram project.

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