be frightened

Example Sentences

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"Of what and of whom should I be frightened? I'm not scared of anyone. I speak the truth. And they know that."

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Yet what if we should really be frightened not so much of the “long, cold dark” as our unwillingness to confront it?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

Patients may be frightened during the hallucinations, Whinkin says.

From National Geographic • Nov. 16, 2023

But Kolesnikov notes the vast majority of Russians who are mostly apathetic or unwilling to make larger sacrifices could be frightened and appalled by that message.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

“Should we be frightened of Hizdahr zo Loraq? You saw him just now. He quailed before the Yunkishmen. They sent him a head, and he did nothing.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin