Example Sentences

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"It has been frightening for a lot of companies," said Emyr Afan.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

The knock-on effect in Congress has been as immediate as it has been frightening.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2018

The speed in which Cahill has developed into a top-class defender has been frightening.

From BBC • May 24, 2015

For more than a year he has been frightening and delighting Chicago audiences with eerie readings of classic horror tales such as Poe's Pit and the Pendulum, Lovecraft's Rats in the Walls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somebody has been frightening the bit of a thing, Miss Primrose, and it's for you to find out who that somebody is.

From The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls by Meade, L. T.