frighteningly

Example Sentences

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But our test car—the fresh-faced, frighteningly fast 2026 Polestar 4—doesn’t have one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Dame Laura Lee, chief executive of cancer charity Maggie's, said crash menopause could be "brutal" for many women with cancer "yet awareness is frighteningly low".

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Candy prices are frighteningly high this Halloween, with consumers getting less value in their candy bags, according to commodities consultant Judy Ganes of JGanes Consulting.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Disasters are real — also, these days, frighteningly common, be they epic confluences of nature and negligence or the murderous and preventable kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

It seemed to her that in her external bearing she had succeeded only in deceiving Mrs. Shigemura; inwardly she knew her aspiration for worldly happiness was frighteningly irresistible.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson