The disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to frighten away pigeons from the roof. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : a timid child who frightens easily. From Dictionary.com.
Note the use of the word "recover," a word frighteningly close in meaning to the word "cure.". From Wordnik.com. [DISABLED VETERANS TAKING "FRIENDLY FIRE"] Reference
She kept looking at the magazine as if it were just another issue of Newsweek, her expression frighteningly passive. From Wordnik.com. [Deal Breaker]
His expression was frighteningly bleak. From Wordnik.com. [City of Glass] Reference
It was all so familiar, and frighteningly familiar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2002] Reference
FRANKS: You know, the solutions are frighteningly simple. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Arianna Huffington Discusses 'How to Overthrow the Government'; Lucinda Franks Talks About 'The Sex Lives of Your Children'; Richard Stolley Shows 'Our Century in Pictures' - February 5, 2000] Reference
But frighteningly, they're not even worried about using them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2007] Reference
Now, you might think these two cases are frighteningly similar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2009] Reference
Hadn't she been frighteningly human on more occasions than one?. From Wordnik.com. [ANNIES CHASE] Reference
Ken, whether or not that is true, they ` re frighteningly skinny. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2008] Reference
The scene is frighteningly familiar to one member of the audience. From Wordnik.com. ['I Know I'll Get Through This'] Reference
We also know that at times they are real, even frighteningly real. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi David Wolpe: Why Wasn't Gibson's Anti-Semitism Enough?] Reference
The cloudburst's toll was stunningly swift and frighteningly random. From Wordnik.com. [Incalculable losses among storm's victims] Reference
"The World in 360" now on a disturbing story that sounds frighteningly familiar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2005] Reference
For Google, checking books out of the library could prove frighteningly expensive. From Wordnik.com. [Google's Book Battle] Reference
"Liar ..." rasped the gravelly voice that escaped his now frighteningly toothy visage. From Wordnik.com. [Three Corpse Brunch: Part One] Reference
By every yardstick ever invented, the stock market is at frighteningly overheated valuations. From Wordnik.com. [Super-Market Days] Reference
Although that was all the conscious impression I had of his face, he seemed frighteningly familiar. From Wordnik.com. [No Great Magic] Reference
"People say I don't smile a lot but that'sjust my face," said the almost frighteningly intense Serb. From Wordnik.com. [Manchester City's rich hopes face being spoilt by too much choice] Reference
Five years after the 9/11 attacks, the images of Manhattan's skyline ablaze seemed frighteningly familiar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2006] Reference
An armed man here in Washington up on Capitol Hill comes frighteningly close to the Senate Office Building. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2008] Reference
But his plan to liberate state-controlled prices carried a frighteningly tight deadline: the end of this year. From Wordnik.com. [Boris's Bet: Russian Roulette?] Reference
ARTINFO, which visits some of these pages on a frighteningly regular basis, presents its following 10 favorites. From Wordnik.com. [ARTINFO: Top 10 Artist Web Sites] Reference
For an up close perhaps frighteningly close look at the awesome power in modern men's tennis, arrive at the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Late Fireworks From Federer] Reference
About 45 years old, tall and frighteningly beautiful, Magda had worked for many years in the adult film industry. From Wordnik.com. [WTF! Godot, a Sex Addict?] Reference
The Koreans, including Hyundai, Kia and CT&T, are coming, and they're getting frighteningly good at what they do. From Wordnik.com. [Hyundai, Kia, CT&T Ramp Up] Reference
What I saw was a little girl who is adventurous, frighteningly comfortable around strangers and hysterically funny. From Wordnik.com. [Meeting My Daughter for the First Time] Reference
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Now, thankfully, not all the craziness surrounding the president campaign is so frighteningly bizarre. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference
In Baghdad today, a frighteningly familiar sound, explosions marking the first anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2004] Reference
QUEST: Also says -- also says, "I have always found American women tended to verge (ph) just on the frighteningly sexless.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2002] Reference
While soaring off a frighteningly steep slope, Salmi had lost one of his skis midair, and it disappeared into the deep powder. From Wordnik.com. [I Want My (Web) MTV] Reference
A near disaster in the skies over the Caribbean, two planes, including a Delta flight, coming frighteningly close to colliding. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2008] Reference
Today, many dioceses have no seminaries at all, and in some of those that have survived, the bar for admission is frighteningly low. From Wordnik.com. [Bing Crosby Had It Right] Reference
Ars ne Wenger's young Arsenal side is frighteningly talented, and there is value in EurosportBET's 13/2 for a first crown since 2004. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day] Reference
(Nadia's was red and white, Dominique's a patriotic red, white and blue.) "The look, the style is frighteningly similar," says Karolyi. From Wordnik.com. [Bounds For Glory] Reference
This is the "Daily Mirror," "Sorry, Gwynne (ph), but you nasal, gum - chewing U.S. girls are frighteningly sexless, and just plain dull.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2002] Reference
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