frighteningly
Example Sentences
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The Indian opener is in frighteningly good form and will have plenty of opportunity to go big on friendly, run-drenched pitches at home in India.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Candy prices are frighteningly high this Halloween, with consumers getting less value in their candy bags, according to commodities consultant Judy Ganes of JGanes Consulting.
From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025
Yet he is frighteningly convincing in another extreme role.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Disasters are real — also, these days, frighteningly common, be they epic confluences of nature and negligence or the murderous and preventable kind.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
The moon shone and the trees loomed frighteningly.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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