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
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
"I know what its like to be frightened of an adult who is in authority over you and how hard it is to speak up," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
José Arcadio Buendía, impassive, did not let himself be frightened by the desperation of his wife, who, in a seizure of rage, smashed the astrolabe against the floor.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
