be frightened
Example Sentences
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Friday evening's Stand Up to Cancer show on Channel 4, presented by celebrities including Davina McCall, Adam Hills and Clare Balding, will urge people not to be frightened of getting cancer checks.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
No one goes to Cannes expecting to be frightened by a film about a long-dead British writer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
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
You would be frightened because it is out of the order of nature.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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