freaked out
Example Sentences
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A fellow passenger, a young woman from Alberta, said she freaked out a little when she heard the news and texted her mom.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Food and Drug Administration freaked out about potential risks to human health.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
She returned to production in January, she said, though she was more than a little freaked out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
In the city, I rarely get freaked out at night.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
He thought maybe he should act a little wacko, so everyone would believe that he’d been freaked out by the notion of being closed in, cut off from the outside world.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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