FRIGHTEN in a Sentence

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It was suggested, of course, by the story of the family hell-hound, and by the desire to frighten old Sir Charles to death.

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 Meanings and Examples of FRIGHTEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
frighten
 v.  cause fear in
 v.  drive out by frightening
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His black eyes danced as though amused by the whole affair, as though the earth-splitting sounds and the horrid glare were merely things to frighten children.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  Her nerves must be shredded if the noise of the well windlass, bound up in her earliest memories, could frighten her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  I think you are lying and trying to frighten us.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  God did not frighten her any more.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  You'll never corner me, Rhett Butler, or frighten me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
6  The width and bigness of it, which had expanded her spirit an hour ago, began to frighten her.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  The roar of the city began to frighten her.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  As it is, parts of her back country are enough to frighten one, they look so bony.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6. The Street.
9  "Fellows used to try to frighten me with their yarns at sea," said Legree.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
10  She knew that the kindliness indicated a lack of fear, and that these people had no respect for you unless you could frighten them a little.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
11  A few characters too many must not frighten us.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  I had nothing to frighten him with; which we always must have in the beginning, or we labour in vain.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
13  Why, I thought nothing could frighten you.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
14  It was suggested, of course, by the story of the family hell-hound, and by the desire to frighten old Sir Charles to death.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
15  You are trying to frighten me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  She was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.
17  When the two young men wanted to accost me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.
18  And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.
19  She was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that her baby might be hungry.
20  Yet school, which should have been a refuge, is also treacherous terrain for Matilda; its headmistress, is formidable, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of pupils.
21  It sort of frightens me.
22  An empty purse frightens many friends.
23  The prospect of war really frightens me.
24  The most frightening assumption in this world is that most people assume you are intelligent.
25  It was a very frightening experience and they were very courageous.
26  The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish.
27  The situation was getting quite frightening.
28  Police are looking for a sex pest who is frightening late-night travellers.
29  If you have a disease called COPD, drawing a breath can be difficult, in fact, is a frightening struggle.
30  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.