be frightened
Example Sentences
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The Stand Up To Cancer show, presented by celebrities including Davina McCall, Adam Hills and Clare Balding, has urged people not to be frightened of getting cancer checks.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 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
It was hard to be frightened of something that was straining to pop out its head like a cartoon.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
