frighten away

VERB
  1. cause to lose courage
    dashed by the refusal
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How To Use frighten away In A Sentence

  • Instilling a feeling of insecurity is the best way to scare your population into submission and frighten away potential investors.
  • We must even acknowledge that the little Queen-bee fell into a few excesses, such as jumping over ditches where they were the broadest, and clapping her hands and shouting to frighten away phlegmatical crows. The Home
  • To frighten away evil spirits, both adults and children wore scary costumes as witches and ghosts.
  • The government is convinced that the bombers want to frighten away foreign investors.
  • My husband has managed to frighten away burglars on two occasions in the past three years.
  • Tibetans celebrated Dosmoche, dancing in masks to frighten away the evil spirits, and Pakistanis observed Chaomos, when they purify themselves with water and goat's blood.
  • Another important part of celebration was using light frighten away dark spirits.
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