more frightening
Example Sentences
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Perhaps we’ve become so comfortable here in this flawed dwelling that any alternative is more frightening than staying put.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
"There's something very cathartic in engaging in horror. It's been like this in previous decades: when the world is more frightening, horror as a genre does better," he added.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
The film’s comedy won’t appeal to all tastes, but some will welcome the leavening effect it has on the movie’s more frightening aspects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
I can’t think of anything more frightening and enough Emmy voters agreed to give the series a drama nod, plus accolades for actors Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025
He does not know what the boundary is, and he can get no explanation of it, which is frightening enough, but the fear he hears in the voices of his elders is more frightening still.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
