in fright
Example Sentences
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In the single-voice readings, you must imagine the shrieking, which goes on even after Harry has slammed the book shut in fright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
We can laugh together, cry together, scream in fright together, perhaps sit in devastated silence together.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2025
“Where to?” he asks, before peering into his rear-view mirror and jumping in fright as he sees that his passengers are a mangled animatronic bear and a little girl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
If somebody yells, “Snake!” are you more likely to jump back in fright or say, “Ooh, where?”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2022
Bonobos can’t swim, and when I fished into the river and plucked Otto out, he was shaking and shrieking in fright.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
