frightened

Example Sentences

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In the review, she said: "The farming sector is bewildered and frightened of what might lie ahead."

From BBC

Hope says putting herself in the environment that made her frightened for short periods gradually helped her to get used to hospitals.

From BBC

He recalled "a terrific flash of lightning and almost instantaneous crash of thunder, which woke quite a few people up - and probably frightened Father Christmas".

From BBC

"When he died, he had been frightened to say, in advance to himself even, that he had cancer," he said, adding that the word cancer was "hardly usable then".

From BBC

“We’re really frightened for you over here,” the Irish police inspector explained.

From Salon