affright

Example Sentences

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Entire towns and neighborhoods need not be affrighted They may complain of lack of power, but they’ll safely be delighted.

From Washington Post

So the girls don’t say nothing, staring at each other all affrighted.

From Literature

They look up, and see a blur of color and affrighted movement as a flock of birds takes flight, disturbing the leaves.

From Literature

Somehow the “sham-palace” has come to fit right in on Park Avenue; horses do not bolt and women do not shrink affrighted.

From New York Times

But it was no use; those two frocks affrighted her courage with their deadness.

From Project Gutenberg