in fright
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O’Brien, in fright makeup and wig, looked like Aunt Gladys, the orange-haired witch in the horror movie “Weapons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
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
By the time the family arrived, the other elephants had all run away in fright.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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