frightening

Example Sentences

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"At the end there can be a death rattle - a sound of hard breathing that can be frightening for people in the room," she says.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Glyndwr Jones, a shepherd who lives at Claerwen Dam, described the fire as "quite frightening".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The reader is invited to follow her often frightening pursuit of spiritual penance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Jonsson’s silences always seem to say so much and in “Wasteman” he capitalizes on his reserved demeanor and smaller frame to create a character who is much less frightening than those around him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Now that they were in his head, the possible answers were quite frightening.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles