scared to death
Example Sentences
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"I think they are scared to death and they have every right to be scared to death," she said.
From Salon • May 13, 2025
“I was scared to death of spread,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025
"I spend a fair bit of time with players who are in between playing the game and having demonstrable symptoms. What I'm finding from conversations with them is they are scared to death."
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
They’re scared to death and nobody says ‘why are you doing this, how can we help you?’
From Slate • Sep. 28, 2023
“I’m scared to death of you—I mean a man who’d do what you’ve done—” “Then you don’t know me as well as I thought you did,” I said.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
