frightened
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She won her first film role in 1963’s “13 Frightened Girls” as a diplomat’s daughter but found greater renown as a backstabbing schemer on the ABC soap “Peyton Place” a few years later.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
Frightened and not knowing where to go, they hastily took cover under the steps of a villa whose owners had themselves left everything on the table and hurried off.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Frightened, Joe finally opened to his parents about what had been going on.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024
That episode, "Self-Help for Frightened Liberals," is well worth your time.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023
"Frightened away by something, no doubt," Dywen said.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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