Wondering how to use Frightening in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as awful or alarming.
Frightening in a sentence
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Frightening meaning
- Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
- Awful, terrible, very bad.
Example sentences (20)
BBC Local News: Lancashire -- The Nolans singer calls her latest diagnosis “frightening”, but says she is “staying.
So no amount of banning, oppression and frightening people is going to stop the truth from coming out,” said Rahul.
The film suggested was “The Day the Earth Caught Fire” and it was so good – I mean sad and frightening but so good.
The minister emphasized that the deaths of friends and children are “always particularly frightening and painful”.
He is an Emitter, and his Aura Ball possesses frightening power, which Bopobo's head, or lack thereof, can attest to.
However, the fact that the battlefields are changing doesn’t make this superpower confrontation any less frightening.
It proves that the unseen is even more frightening than what can be seen, keeping things claustrophobic and intimate.
A source disclosed: "It was incredibly frightening as he was found unconscious and immediately taken to hospital.
The whole experience at first was frightening, considering the kind of story it was and how far we were willing to go.
Halloween is potentially full of noise, costumes, and strangers, which are frightening for someone living with dementia.
He told Apple's "The Zane Lowe Show" about how his time experimenting with them grew into a frightening habit.
It is both frustrating and frightening that leading national politicians do not understand history and what is at stake.
Newly released 911 calls from Apex Police reveal the tense and frightening moments in the parking lot of Academy Sports.
The havoc that impatient owners could cause also is frightening for fans, but a gift from the gods for content companies.
Christopher Knox, defending, said: "He spent a couple of days in prison and found it extremely frightening.
The Shadow Attorney General said it was a "really nasty and frightening joke", as she responded: "Ha ha ha.
It is a frightening moment both in the books and the movie, with Harry watching as his father figure gets seriously injured.
The impact knocked Vanover to the ground and the frightening moment drew a collective gasp from the Progressive Field crowd.
The podcast reveals the frightening life Maria Rodriguez experienced as a young teen as Perez was still living in the house.
If too much information about famous persons’ private life is made public, the media may be a very frightening place for them.
Common combinations with frightening
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the frightening 19×
- is frightening 12×
- and frightening 12×
- of frightening 12×
- frightening and 11×
- was frightening 11×
- more frightening 9×
- frightening to 8×
- frightening for 7×
- it frightening 7×
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