Spooked in a sentence

After parking up in Barton Hill car park, he said they noticed the snake after another couple had initially spotted it after it had spooked some nearby swans.

A horse being ridden by a member of the Household Cavalry spooked Saturday morning as it was trotting in the coronation procession from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace.

Another resident, Brenden, said he “walked behind my house to dispose of some wastewater near the field behind my property, and I spooked something big and black that bolted away from me, causing the undergrowth to rustle”.

Apparently, they had previously unreported “affairs” with Spears and were spooked upon hearing that Britney was set on writing a “brutally honest” book that might include her airing out a significant amount of dirty laundry.

But in 1980, it led to huge losses and spooked depositors, just as it did now.

But Mr Sunak said those arguments had already been made during last year’s leadership contest, which led to her election and the calamitous mini-budget where markets were spooked by unfunded tax cuts.

Credit Suisse’s involvement in a series of corporate collapses spooked clients who began withdrawing their money, a trend that accelerated when US bank failures sparked fear of a broader banking crisis.

From the Peak District, Derbyshire, the gentle giant is harmless despite his epic proportions, and just as easily spooked as Scooby Doo, the famously fearful dog of the same breed.

Holiday fireworks spooked a hallucinating man in the South Valley in 2021.

I felt spooked, some dreadful feeling in my gut. I told him I had to be leaving, which I did.

I thought they spooked us a bit with how aggressive they were.

It is deeply spooked by the manifestation of this new entente.

Mackenzie Leder said that a mountain rescue team had been dispatched to try and save Oscar, but was spooked when he saw the crew members above him.

Musk has axed thousands of Twitter employees, rushed the launch of a subscription product that allowed scammers to impersonate major brands and suspended users with whom he disagreed, all of which have spooked brands from spending on the platform.

My friend was now overcome with paranoia, and it wasn’t until we turned to leave the department store that I realized she hadn’t been merely spooked from too many years of smoking pot.

Net profit came in slightly higher than expected at £1.27 billion, but Barclays’ plan to restructure its operations has likely spooked investors.

No one can blame parents for being spooked by new research finding that tweens’ risk of suicidal behavior increases with their amount of screen time.

Pat Sajak, 76, was given quite the scare by contestant Laryn Nelson on Wednesday’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” getting so spooked that he jumped and threw his cards into the air.

Perhaps investors were spooked by some of the specific growth figures for certain geographical regions and business segments.

Spooked account holders began to quickly pull their money out and nervous investors began to sell the stock, which caused it to drop substantially in price.