“They decided to frighten her off by firing an arrow so it would noisily strike the pot.”

“That is still the case, although there is one demure young lass whose eldritch scream would be enough to frighten even the toughest banshee.”

“Men wearing masks dance among them in an attempt to frighten the child, who has to walk clockwise through this scene of carnage.”

“But this would occasion such intricate and perplexed circumlocutions, and such a tedious length of demonstrations, as would fright any sober person from attempting to read them.”

“The porcupine fish uses a nightmarish disguise and swells with water, which frightens enemies as large as tiger sharks.”

“Since he still makes all his calculations in old francs, the euro frightens him.”

“He knows what frightens us most is that the next attack could be anywhere, anytime.”

“He set up his pipes in the cart and frighted the bearers and others so that they ran away.”

“Our long ride from Newark to Chester had wearied me, and the restive days of preparation had both excited and frighted me.”

“Boswell was easily frighted when talk turned to the supernatural.”