frightened

How To Use frightened In A Sentence

• Drake, in his _Eboracum_, says (p. 7, Appendix), "I have been so frightened with stories of the barguest when I was a child, that I cannot help throwing away an etymology upon it. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
• They were going to the pelican crossing, but stepped off the kerb because they were frightened by a dog on the pavement.
• Sue is hard and resilient and, though she is the film's embodiment of civilization in much the way Grace Kelly is High Noon's, she's neither frightened nor morally repulsed when violence erupts.
• A frightened rabbit will bolt for its hole.
• The child was frightened to death by the violent thunderstorm.
• It is one thing to play-act the gender role of frightened female in a movie theater where the horror is only simulated, but do I want to perform that same gender construction in real life?
• Wolves and jackals, when frightened, certainly tuck in their tails; and a tamed jackal has been described as careering round his master in circles and figures of eight, like a dog, with his tail between his legs. The expression of the emotions in man and animals
• The Porto Rican boys and girls would be frightened out of their wits if Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas
• In fact, I am so frightened, I fear I might just mess my pants!
• Do you think the newly awakened lionhearted people are going to be frightened by an official hat? An Enemy of the People