in fright
Example Sentences
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In the single-voice readings, you must imagine the shrieking, which goes on even after Harry has slammed the book shut in fright.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
We can laugh together, cry together, scream in fright together, perhaps sit in devastated silence together.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025
“Where to?” he asks, before peering into his rear-view mirror and jumping in fright as he sees that his passengers are a mangled animatronic bear and a little girl.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023
If somebody yells, “Snake!” are you more likely to jump back in fright or say, “Ooh, where?”
From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2022
Mad-Eye Moody’s voice whispered out of the darkness, making all three of them jump back in fright.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
