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in fright



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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

Would I run screaming from the theater, if not in fright then in fury?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

If somebody yells, “Snake!” are you more likely to jump back in fright or say, “Ooh, where?”

From Scientific American Aug. 16, 2022

Brother Worbs tugs his arm away in fright, gazes through watery eyes at Helmuth.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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