frightful

Example Sentences

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This is the eighth and final year Enea’s family of four will be remaking its Van Nuys property into a frightful, walk-through attraction that spooks thousands of visitors each Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

She added it was "scarcely credible such a frightful pub exists in Cymru".

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024

It’s a frightful and gargantuan performance that should come with a trigger warning.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

There was a frightful confusion and an appalling noise.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis