fright

Widely regarded as one of the first rappers, Jackson started talking between songs as a cure for her stage fright.

Finally he grabs that blanket [and] I counted eight on one double mattress, eight children held together—dying of fright.

Take this sentence: "With the snake in sight, the horse reeled his paws in fright."

Kate got a fright when she thought she'd mislaid a family engagement ring that Prince William gave her in 2010.

He talks to Gordon Marino about reliving his darkest moments—and how he faced down his stage fright.

First, she had to overcome her stage fright to go head-to-head with the big boys.

Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

The performers and the nuns nearly died of fright, believing that their last hour had surely come.

I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

Winifred, naturally a high-spirited and lively girl, soon recovered from the fright of that fateful Sunday evening.

Frantic with fright, she implored her Maker to have mercy on her, remarking at the same time, "The devil has got me at last."