as in frightening
to strike with fear a ghastly sight that would fright even the most stouthearted soul
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Clumsiness notwithstanding, bringing a criminal case against a journalist who was reporting on a protest is an authoritarian tactic—a means of frightening the press away from uncovering the truth.—
Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
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But monks there complained that the slain king was walking around at night, frightening them with strange sounds.— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
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Directed by Lee Sang-min, the film stars Kim Hye-yoon and Lee Jong-won as a road-view camera crew that encounters terrifying supernatural events at a remote reservoir.— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
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The air in the room changed immediately, terrifying little Liza.— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026
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This isn’t a film about trauma, or smuggled-in social issues, or anything at all, really, besides the honest workaday business of scaring the bejesus out of its audience, rinsing, and repeating with extra vigor.— Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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And with it almost out in the world, that’s scaring him a little bit.— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
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Some cyclists sped by pretty quickly, startling us and our dog.— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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Hauge called that startling, given that court filing fees alone cost just as much.— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
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