frightening

Example Sentences

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“Let’s hope that the city can find a way to deal with this homelessness crisis because it’s frightening for everyone. Frightening for the folks who have to experience it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

The 2000s had numerous spin-off cereals such as Halloween Brew Waffle Crisp Cereal and Frightening Froot Loops cereal, according to the Cereal Project, a U.S. breakfast cereal database.

From Fox News • Mar. 4, 2022

Frightening for those with Olympics ambitions who, despite stringent protocols and vaccination requirements for everybody from fans on down, could be put at risk less than a month before the Beijing Games.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2022

Frightening new mutant strains like the delta variant and the lambda variant have emerged, more infectious and possibly more dangerous than their antecedents.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2021

Frightening messages from the rays of the sun told her she was going the wrong way.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George