frightening
Example Sentences
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That makes it seem so tame, but it’s so, so frightening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
That is more frightening than stupidity, which can at least be kept out of the meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Otherwise the label can be selected or rejected for almost any destructive, unusual or frightening occurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Countless were the times she had read of people caught in frightening circumstances; when things seemed at their most dire, inevitably these unlucky people would be described as having “a shiver run down their spines.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
