frightened

Example Sentences

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But after that, she was frightened and unable to sleep.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Official L.A., anxious to mollify angry and frightened Angelenos, dropped the hammer on a plant near downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The soldiers were frightened of Issa, whose dark powers, they suspected, had allowed him to survive the fierce assault on his house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"They have this experience and, haven't been able to share with their relatives simply because they're too frightened and they themselves think to themselves "is this dementia?" and that's the hard thing about this condition."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

More frightened than she’d ever been in her whole life.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz