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First used by Ottoman military "mehter" bands to frighten and demoralise the enemy, cymbals were a useful tool for an empire on the warpath.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The alerts didn’t frighten her as much as before, she said, and her fears about the future have eased.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Wildlife experts say human-bear conflicts are the result of people moving deeper into the wildlands, and that bears that wander into neighborhoods are often harmless and easy to frighten.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

"Until yesterday, I never thought there would be something that would frighten me of going back to Liverpool after the break. Team-mates come and go but not like this," Salah posted last summer.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

“Are you trying to frighten me, you miserable little lump of chattering chickweed?” cried Bigwig.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“This is art that both frightens and inspires.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

It frightens me how painfully ironic it feels to cover a film about my industry’s demise when it was “The Devil Wears Prada” that pointed me here in the first place.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

I’m not here to persuade you to fly if it frightens you that much.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

I’m sensing another adventure, but the possibility frightens me.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Back in Matla, Bamita's mother speaks about the child who would ask for money for snacks, play with her sister and run inside whenever cars approached because vehicles frightened her.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

But despite the typos and inconsistencies in the emails, I understood how such an unsophisticated scam might actually be effective if the mark was sufficiently confused—or frightened.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

A video from the scene released by prosecutors shows animals doubled up in cages, barking and frightened, and over a dozen cats held in a fenced area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

That is precisely why the NFL, and not the frightened kid, should be the one to move first.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Below the surface, frightened animal voices cried out.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

However, the first few months in Biles’ long-awaited dream home have also included a frightening chapter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Seeing the outfit up close is a reminder of just how little Hopkins needed to work with: Even with virtually his entire body immobilized and much of his face obscured, Lecter somehow became more frightening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

This is a very real part of life for students at historically black colleges and universities, but that doesn’t make it any less frightening.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s the ideal midnight movie, an adroit balance of the funny and the macabre, the frightening and the ridiculous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The cellar shook as the American tanks rolled past the house, and, as Henry saw the immense tanks, he realized for the first time how frightening German tanks must have appeared to the Russian people.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti