frightened

Example Sentences

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"My mother was in very bad shape - she was very frightened," he says, adding that the current strikes are worse than any she experienced during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

From BBC

I tell myself stories of our friendship when I get really frightened.

From Literature

I stepped back, so frightened I hardly remembered why I was there.

From Literature

That job done, he turned and looked around the dimly lit room, his blue eyes flashing in a pale frightened face.

From Literature

Federal Judge for the Southern District of Florida, said that district courts are “still functioning,” but warned that her colleagues are growing frightened in the current climate, which she called “very dangerous.”

From Salon