frighten

First used by Ottoman military "mehter" bands to frighten and demoralise the enemy, cymbals were a useful tool for an empire on the warpath.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

He’s a student of life as much as he is filmmaking, a humanist who forges connections with spectacular sights of the things that frighten and fascinate us the most.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Wildlife experts say human-bear conflicts are the result of people moving deeper into the wildlands, and that bears that wander into neighborhoods are often harmless and easy to frighten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break. Team-mates come and go but not like this," Salah posted last summer.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

It didn’t seem to frighten Resa to be so near the dead.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

I have to admit your creativity frightens me a little.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

What frightens Atash Heil is the uncertainty of what an AI-dominated future might look like - and the speed of the transformation graduates have witnessed during their college years.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

I’m not here to persuade you to fly if it frightens you that much.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

Desai: It looked at year end like Kevin Hassett’s star was on the rise, but none of the names discussed frightens me.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

It frightens me the way he yells and cries and sings and I wish I could be at home with my three brothers, no, my two brothers, and my mother.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

"When she needed support, reassurance and fair treatment, she was left frightened, isolated and convinced her career and reputation had been destroyed," they added.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

He was pained and frightened: He’d never seen such a thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

When Odysseus’ men arrive at Circe’s home, hungry, asking to be fed, Circe seems frightened — understandably so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

A place outsiders might dismiss as decadent was also where money was raised, grief was gathered and a frightened community turned nightlife into a lifeline.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sayeh’s mom looked a little frightened, but she tried.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Kim Sun-hee, 70, described them as "like scraping cement, or even ghost-like noises. It was really frightening".

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

While it sounds frightening to say rates are higher than they’ve been in nearly 20 years, the past two decades are the era that was abnormal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Since hearing about the devastation caused by the blast at the Taff's Well quarry, Allen said it was "frightening".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Minnie Driver’s Paris adventures went awry this week when she was involved in a car accident that she’s describing as a frightening close call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

She drooled a bit, growled sometimes, and just generally looked less like a cute baby and more like the frightening animal she was meant to be.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate