Example Sentences
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She told The Times that she found it frightening to hit it big with such little training.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
"It is frightening to think they are willingly handing these things over to people with no licence, no insurance, no nothing and just letting them go," she added.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
What’s frightening is how frequently those revelations happen by total accident.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026
"First let me say, I like fireworks -- I think they're fun," Russell Dickerson, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at the University of Maryland told AFP, but said the number in question was "frightening."
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
It was frightening now to see the walls disappearing—the walls that could have protected them from whoever or whatever was marching toward them.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
