frighten

Example Sentences

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At the Shah’s insistence, the country was Westernizing and modernizing, an exciting or frightening prospect depending on who you were.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ablakwa described the figures as "depressing and frightening," saying Ghana "cannot turn a blind eye to these heartbreaking statistics".

From BBC

“If the instructions are ‘identify and target’ and there’s no human checkpoint, the speed and scale at which that could operate is genuinely frightening,” Claude informed me.

From Los Angeles Times

The frightened Mr. Owen wanted the lights turned up immediately.

From Literature

"He was frightened of his own shame being made public, and of losing his ministry," it reads.

From BBC