FRIGHTENING in a Sentence
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243 example sentences for FRIGHTENING, such as:
1. Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
2. You'll find that I don't frighten easily.
3. The situation was getting quite frightening.
4. The frightened boy gripped his mother's hand.
5. So Ashley was mixed up in this frightening puzzle.
2. You'll find that I don't frighten easily.
3. The situation was getting quite frightening.
4. The frightened boy gripped his mother's hand.
5. So Ashley was mixed up in this frightening puzzle.
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Meanings and Examples of FRIGHTENING
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frightening
v. cause fear in
v. drive out by frightening
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Her eyes were on the carpet and, though she seemed overcome with some frightening emotion, she seemed shyly happy.
2 She watched the swell of his powerful shoulders against the cloth with a fascination that was disturbing, a little frightening.
3 By late afternoon the first news came, but it was uncertain, contradictory, frightening, brought as it was by men wounded in the early hours of the battle.
4 At her touch he turned to her, his eyes gleaming with a light as frightening as the fire.
5 The red glow in the sky was fading now and the road became so dark, so frightening, Scarlett would have welcomed words, any words from him, even jeering, insulting words, words that cut.
6 A warm tide of feeling, bewildering, frightening, swept over her, carrying out of her mind the time and place and circumstances.
7 "Look at mine," answered Scarlett with a frightening smile as she pushed blistered and calloused palms toward her.
8 She had not met his eyes once that evening and the hard bright gaiety with which she had treated him was frightening.
9 There was about his movements the same pagan freedom and leashed power Scarlett had noted that night Atlanta fell, something sinister and a little frightening.
10 So Ashley was mixed up in this frightening puzzle.
11 If life had been insecure and frightening before this, it was doubly so now.
12 She was bursting to relate it in detail, so she could ease her own fright by frightening the others.
13 But there lay upon her conscience another matter that was heavier and more frightening even than causing his death--a matter which had never troubled her until she looked upon his coffined face.
14 She opened her eyes and saw that the frightening glow had gone from his face.
15 From this she progressed to wakening in the late night hours, screaming with terror, frightening the other two children and alarming the house.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 The most frightening assumption in this world is that most people assume you are intelligent.
2 It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous.
3 The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish.
4 The situation was getting quite frightening.
5 Police are looking for a sex pest who is frightening late-night travellers.
6 If you have a disease called COPD, drawing a breath can be difficult, in fact, is a frightening struggle.
7 North Korean leader lobbed insults at U.S. President on Friday, calling him a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard" and hinting at frightening new weapons tests.
8 You'll find that I don't frighten easily.
9 Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
10 Terrorist activity in the area has frightened most tourists away.
11 One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.
12 He who lives near the woods is not frightened by owls.
13 The frightened boy gripped his mother's hand.
14 The aspect of the salesman frightened the customer off.
15 The boy's cries grew more frightened at mention of a doctor.