frighten

Example Sentences

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The risk of similar consequences might be enough to frighten off many providers.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

But it does hint strongly at extraterrestrial visitors being revealed to humankind with a tagline: "If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?"

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Sanctions still hurt the targeted country, but they no longer frighten the market, especially if loosely enforced.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The capacity of film to genuinely frighten, via editing, camera, music and—notably in a Wan film—ambient sound was being abandoned in favor of gore and giggles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

We made it about half a mile up the mountain, moving deliberately so as not to frighten the horses, winding our way through the wheat fields.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover