be spooked
Example Sentences
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Other managers, concerned that investors would be spooked if they can’t get all their money back, have raised funds to meet a higher portion of requests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
However, shareholders appeared to be spooked by a fall in organic sales in the latter part of 2025, down 0.7% in the fourth quarter of the year compared with the same period a year earlier.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
The troopers shut off the engines so the animals wouldn’t be spooked.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023
A month after opening, Richard Nixon, then vice president, took his family and claimed to be spooked by Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023
She spoke lightly, as if Ash were a nervous sight hound who might be spooked by a more serious tone, and Ash managed to say, “No, of course not.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
