frighten

Example Sentences

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"My mother was in very bad shape - she was very frightened," he says, adding that the current strikes are worse than any she experienced during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

From BBC

The next rescue was frightening in a different way.

From Literature

I stepped back, so frightened I hardly remembered why I was there.

From Literature

That job done, he turned and looked around the dimly lit room, his blue eyes flashing in a pale frightened face.

From Literature

"What frightens myself and my husband is what I think has happened with Fairmont," she said.

From BBC