frighten

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But it does hint strongly at extraterrestrial visitors being revealed to humankind with a tagline: "If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?"

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Sanctions still hurt the targeted country, but they no longer frighten the market, especially if loosely enforced.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The capacity of film to genuinely frighten, via editing, camera, music and—notably in a Wan film—ambient sound was being abandoned in favor of gore and giggles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

“Presence” is a ghost story, but the supernatural element is not meant to frighten.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

“You’re not nervous, are you? Did that story frighten you?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson