frightful

Example Sentences

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But you don’t have to be obsessed with frightful fare to fit in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

She added it was "scarcely credible such a frightful pub exists in Cymru".

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024

It’s a frightful and gargantuan performance that should come with a trigger warning.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

The outdoors may be frightful, but indoors is where time is best spent amid the frigid cold month of January.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

It’s not as simple as it seems, because making the deaths on either side of the equation comparably frightful takes enormous skill.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson