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"Not what I call a fright," he asserted in an even tone. From Wordnik.com. [A Master's Degree] Reference
"I cannot advise what you call a fright, and what might be a terrible thing.". From Wordnik.com. [Dona Perfecta] Reference
/Gracious Goodness, the fright is worth telling about!. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The occasion of the fright is elegantly described, v. 3. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
For he thought that his might would put Britons in fright. From Wordnik.com. [A New Song] Reference
When some mortal disease seizes him what a fright is he in!. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
And whenas wake overpowered sleep my patience fled in fright. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Bessie started to her feet, her eyes staring in fright. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire] Reference
‘Have I lived to this day to be called a fright!’ cried. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
I recall a fright I experienced on one occasion when I was riding at a canter along. From Wordnik.com. [With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon] Reference
Now that which caused this fright was the sense of guilt and the weakness of their faith. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
“Three weeks, maybe a month, okay,” he glanced at Nikolai, his eyes shying away in fright. From Wordnik.com. [Show Don’t Tell « I Had the Write Idea] Reference
The basis of her fright was the degree to which she had come to rely on his involvement in her. From Wordnik.com. [The White Ninja]
Or scary as in fright. From Wordnik.com. [And if you're in the mood...] Reference
Inwardly he had never felt Dearer to death, and his own kind of fright was upon him. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
Where are all the pointy-headed narrow minded, ultra "fright" wing nut-jobs on that one?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama sends condolences to Jackson's family, says Gibbs] Reference
"That is because it is in the blood," said the seaman; "that is the kind of fright of my story.". From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
The fright is manifold. From Wordnik.com. [A Levels a la 1972] Reference
She started back in fright. From Wordnik.com. [Flower Stories] Reference
With eyeballs widened in fright. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference
That nights in fright and misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
"I remember how that terrible phrase fright - ened me. From Wordnik.com. [The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [a machine-readable transcription]] Reference
"The queerness of it gave me a kind of fright," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Prince] Reference
It was a kind of fright, because I couldn't go back and begin again. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of Helena Richie] Reference
"To be called a fright to my face!" shrieked Rachel, "by my own nephew!. From Wordnik.com. [Timothy Crump's Ward A Story of American Life] Reference
Strong mental emotions, such as fright, shame, or anger, may cause a fit in a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother] Reference
I was in a kind of fright beyond my grief, and I caught hold of her dress and was kneeling to her. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House]
"fright" pains in his inside, and his fingers shook so, he spoilt a dozen cravats in the tying. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891] Reference
The fright argument relies on supplanting the Soviets with the Japanese. From Wordnik.com. [Nationalizing Their Pitch] Reference
You included your concert in Central Park, where you suffered from stage fright. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
Bottom line, "28 Weeks Later" delivers jolts of fright with alarming regularity. From Wordnik.com. [Yes, It’s Scary, But …] Reference
"Thank you," he wrote later in a hotel visitor's log, "for the wonderful fright!". From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of The Big Cats] Reference
Folk medicine has always recognized that a sudden fright or bad news can be fatal. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Heart] Reference
For Davis, this fright has come to epitomize the human capacity for looking without seeing. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Smog] Reference
Autistic kids live in a state of hyperalertness, as if they were constantly suffering stage fright. From Wordnik.com. [How Do You Feel Now?] Reference
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