be frightened
Example Sentences
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No one goes to Cannes expecting to be frightened by a film about a long-dead British writer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Patients may be frightened during the hallucinations, Whinkin says.
From National Geographic • Nov. 16, 2023
"No one should be frightened of Murdoch, but can I tell you, he's a frightening kind of guy, because of the power he wields," he added.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023
But Kolesnikov notes the vast majority of Russians who are mostly apathetic or unwilling to make larger sacrifices could be frightened and appalled by that message.
From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023
No matter how bad things were, he couldn’t allow himself to be frightened.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
