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
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
He stood quivering, stiff ears forward, eyes rolling so that the whites showed, pretending to be frightened.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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