frightening

Example Sentences

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Perhaps we’ve become so comfortable here in this flawed dwelling that any alternative is more frightening than staying put.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

"And in some ways, I think that's even more frightening."

From Barron's • May 17, 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

But the words of the map's verse ran around and around in his head, always ending in the same way, the same frightening way that jerked him awake and started the process all over again.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda