frightened
Origin of frightened
1synonym study For frightened
Other words from frightened
- fright·ened·ly, adverb
- un·fright·ened, adjective
- well-frightened, adjective
Words Nearby frightened
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How to use frightened in a sentence
Exhausted and frightened, they were forced to decide how to go about saving themselves.
A female investigative journalist was severely harassed and temporarily silenced by such activity, and more recently, a female poet and novelist was frightened and shamed.
The agents sat at a table, across from Tanvir, who was frightened and spoke poor English.
Supreme Court rules for Muslims placed on no-fly list after refusing to become FBI informants | Robert Barnes | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostIt turned out to be a very big and very frightened stray dog.
Some tasty, food-inspired names were on the menu for these pets | John Kelly | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostSometimes there would be a new visitor to the island, like a wayward sailor named Gulliver or a delightfully frightened ghost named Wisp, who needed my help.
Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is the Game We All Need Right Now | Matthew Gault | March 17, 2020 | Time
I am frightened by how much of this is caused by organized retail crime.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven as early as December 4, remarks from inside the bubble were cryptic and frightened.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYeah, having a microphone and so many people under your control always frightened me.
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead | Curtis Stephen | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHolmes seemed to expedite matters promptly, amid rumors that she was frightened of the Church of Scientology.
How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? | Tim Teeman | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe people seemed not at all frightened as they trooped past to begin their day.
“I went into a great passion and frightened my mother into a fit,” said Wardle.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensHis silence had frightened her: what if he should resent on her the cruel words spoken by Dr. Ashton?
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodThough frightened to death, I refused to part with my reserve and made ready to go and take command of it at break of dawn.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHe went out into the garden, and the rustling of the laurel-bushes frightened him.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThe submarine scare is full on; the beastly things have frightened us more than all the Turks and all their German guns.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
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