frightfully

Example Sentences

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After a frightfully cold spell, a return to milder temperatures can cause previously frozen pipes to burst.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The sounds, those seductively embracing and those frightfully howling in the wind, became an acknowledged life in all its strangeness, the animal kingdom as counselor to our uncertainties, indulgences and differences.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

A frightfully realistic-appearing Godzilla crashes into fleeing screaming crowds, its giant tail sweeping buildings in a flash, its bumpy skin glowing like irradiated embers, its growl getting right up into your face.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023

He looks frightfully self-conscious, not so much like a man wearing uncomfortable wool or cotton but one who realizes he’s wearing the emperor’s clothes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

Lady Constance carried her own parasol trimmed all ’round with ruffles, in the Parisian style, and wore a frightfully flouncy frock.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood