frightfully

Example Sentences

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And it is fantasy to try to divorce sports from the times we live in and the events that unfold, sometimes frightfully, beyond the comfortable confines of the stadium and arena.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

"All the other people in the class were frightfully posh and they were all shrieking with laughter," Dame Sheila recalled.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

He looks frightfully self-conscious, not so much like a man wearing uncomfortable wool or cotton but one who realizes he’s wearing the emperor’s clothes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

Alabama has mostly breezed through the first month of the season, with one big scare and three games that were frightfully but predictably easy.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

“She seemed frightfully old to me. I suppose she couldn’t have been more than forty. Susanne, of course, used to look after my clothes and maid me.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie