frighten

Example Sentences

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These potent, frightening images alone are enough to establish Schjerfbeck as a modern painter to be reckoned with.

From The Wall Street Journal

That purpose could be the urge to compel people to surrender their individuality to a pooled consciousness, portrayed with frightening, infuriating effectiveness in this show and “Sinners.”

From Salon

"Despite the ceasefire, we dare not return home yet. We are still frightened," she told AFP.

From Barron's

In horror films, the most frightening threats are often the ones you cannot see.

From Science Daily

But it does hint strongly at extraterrestrial visitors being revealed to humankind with a tagline: "If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?"

From BBC