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Sentences ending with frightened

But when they were passing the prison she became frightened. [10]
But now he was thoroughly frightened. [9]
The old darky was plainly frightened. [9]
I am beginning to be frightened. [6]
He spoke and spoke, while the others listened without moving until he raised a large goblet and took such a long draught that the duchess was frightened. [10]
But I feel so frightened. [10]
The first lightning rent the sky and the storm came up in haste, bursting above our heads, and as the thunder roared closer and closer after the flash I was more and more frightened. [10]
But I was not to be frightened. [9]
I did, 'pon my word, I got that frightened! [2]
I was very much frightened. [9]

Short sentences using frightened

You frightened 'em off. [11]
You are frightened of me? [11]
It half frightened me. [4]
I'm frightened, and I'm cold. [11]
And how frightened he was! [2]
Had I been frightened? [9]
Princess Mary looked frightened. [2]
She looked up frightened. [11]
But do not be frightened. [6]
He is very badly frightened. [9]

Sentences containing frightened two or more times

Everything quite all right, and he began persuading her; and she should have kept him talking till cockcrow, but she got frightened, just got frightened and hid her face in her hands. [2]

More example sentences with the word frightened in them

On seeing the young master, the elder one with frightened look clutched her younger companion by the hand and hid with her behind a birch tree, not stopping to pick up some green plums they had dropped. [2]
One desperate, frightened yell from the first French soldier who saw the Cossacks, and all who were in the camp, undressed and only just waking up, ran off in all directions, abandoning cannons, muskets, and horses. [2]
My father was wounded, and then the priest frightened them, and they gathered their dead together and buried them. [11]
How frightened he would be if the bell should ever sound, and he should go into that hall of the dead to see who rang! [4]
It was the word 'Album' that frightened me I thought she wished me to write a sonnet on purpose for it, which I could not do. [14]
They drew the wood-boat aft, and they and the captain fought back the frantic herd of frightened immigrants till the wounded could be brought there and placed in safety first. [5]
A sloop yacht, with a ridiculously shortened sail, was coming in from the Narrows, scudding before the wind like a frightened bird. [9]
After this you will not be frightened by the thought of paying three hundred dollars for a little quarto giving an account of the Virginia Adventurers. [6]
There was a wicked look in his face, from which the landlord shrank back- shrank so far that he carried himself among the others, and stood there, half frightened, half dumfounded. [11]
The world in which I lived and fought, of great transactions and merciless consequences frightened her; her own world was more limited than ever. [9]
I was frightened when it was done, I was horrified, but I was not sorry; and I am not sorry. [11]
A pretty woman, whatever her airs and quality, is to be carried the same way, and a man ought never to be frightened by appearances. [9]
Before her words were out, Pierre had sprung up and with a frightened expression seized Princess Mary's hand. [2]
Pale, frightened people were doing something around the workman. [2]
At last, as we sat talking, a servant appeared at the door, with a frightened look. [4]
Oh no; I wasn't frightened --just annoyed. [5]
Self-centered as Lise was, absorbed in her own trouble and present physical discomfort, this unaccustomed word from her sister and the vehemence with which it was spoken surprised and frightened her, brought home to her some hint of the terror in Janet's soul. [9]
When the mother was told --on the first day--that her disease was typhoid, she was frightened, and asked if there was danger that Helen could have contracted it the day before, when she was in the sick-chamber on that confession visit. [5]
Her first thought was to turn and flee, not because she was frightened of what he would do, but because she did not wish to hear what he would say. [11]
Peter the Great was frightened, when an infant, by falling from a bridge into the water. [6]
No doubt she was a little frightened and a good deal bewildered, and that her sympathies were warmly excited for a friend to whom she had been brought so near, and whose loneliness she saw and pitied. [6]
But now, without warning, a sudden fierce yearning took possession of her: surprised and almost frightened, she stopped irresistibly and looked back at the thin little figure crouched beside the water, to discover that his widened eyes were still upon her. [9]
To-day John had voluntarily approached the stranger to whom he owed his life, but whose passionate caresses at their first meeting had frightened him, to show her the little wooden horse that Adrian had just given him. [10]
It was Madame's voice I heard first, in a kind of frightened cry. [9]
Behind, in the village, frightened people flocked about the tailor-shop. [11]
I think the very intensity of it frightened her. [9]
The explosion threw us all to the ground, and covered us with dirt and debris; it frightened us extremely, too, for the crash it made was deafening, and the violence of the shock made the ground tremble. [5]
The sergeant ran up to the officer and in a frightened whisper informed him (as a butler at dinner informs his master that there is no more of some wine asked for) that there were no more charges. [2]
The sufferer started up frightened, and opened her eyes. [10]
But he half turned at the door, and shot back a look that frightened Virginia. [9]
Then her face took on a look glad and frightened too, and she stared hard at the cage. [11]
Convinced that Eva, too, had done nothing worthy of punishment, he went towards them to clasp both in his arms, but ere he could do so the clap of thunder which had frightened Katterle so terribly shook the whole room. [10]
I want you to understand fully that I am not one of those poor nervous creatures who are frightened out of their wits when any question is started that implies the disturbance of their old beliefs. [6]
Then she turned to the frightened and anxious Mrs. Flynn. [11]
It frightened him to see how the huge masses of rock and old forest-growths hung over the home below. [6]
The Vicomtesse turned to her own frightened servants in the doorway, bade Andre in French to run for Dr. Perrin, and herself closed the battened doors. [9]
They had happened to be looking towards the door when the man--Col. Selby--entered with his cane, and they looked at him, because he stopped as if surprised and frightened, and made a backward movement. [5]
There is nothing to be frightened at. [6]
Sirona had had time to throw herself on to her couch; she was terribly frightened, and had turned her face to the wall. [10]
Now at this time our reconnaissance, feeling its way in the bush, frightened a deer, and it went bounding away and was out of sight in a moment. [5]
The hope which threatened to light again the dead fires in the woman's eyes frightened me. [9]
And this one, though not so powerful, frightened me the more in his relentlessness. [9]
For some seconds they gazed with frightened eyes at one another's unfamiliar faces and both were perplexed at what they had done and what they were to do next. [2]
There were typesetters there who could hurl anathemas at bad copy which would have frightened a Bengal tiger. [5]
At nine o'clock there was a pull at the bell that threatened to drag the wire out, and an insignificant little urchin appeared with a telegram, which frightened Miss Forsythe, and seemed to Margaret to drop out of heaven. [4]
When I got there it frightened me at first. [11]
He frightened me then, he was so stern and still. [11]
If they show themselves where they have no business, the little rascals frighten honest folks worse than ever people were frightened by the Dragon of Rhodes! [6]
It was not the thousand dangers and hardships of the journey across the Wilderness Trail that frightened Polly Ann. [9]
What occurred in the tent Pierre never quite knew, but presently he saw Wonta run out in a frightened way, followed by the five half-breeds, who carried themselves awkwardly. [11]
The thing frightened the storekeeper, revolted him, and yet its drama held him fascinated. [9]
Not only in the soul of the frightened yet happy and enraptured Natasha, but in the whole house, there was a feeling of awe at something important that was bound to happen. [2]
They sat on the porch in the morning light, harking to the whistle of the quail in the corn, and watching the frightened deer scamper across the open. [9]
I frightened her, the other day, by saying that faith, as an intellectual state, was self-reliance, which, if you have a metaphysical turn, you will find is not so much of a paradox as it sounds at first. [6]
She pushed away the old man's hand, and said, "Do not be frightened, Miriam. [10]
A glance at the manuscripts strewed about, or lying in heaps, would have frightened any young writer away from the thought of authorship as a business. [6]
She summoned up the image of the young man who had stood on these steps in front of the frightened servants. [9]
The King took the frightened face between his hands, and gazed earnestly and lovingly into it awhile, as if seeking some grateful sign of returning reason there, then pressed the curly head against his breast, and patted it tenderly. [5]
They forgot that the frightened face and the figure could not be altered, and that however they might change the setting and adornment of that face, it would still remain piteous and plain. [2]
Nearer and nearer the frightened animal came; the shout of those who led the horse was in his ears: "Lie close and still, O brothers of giants! [11]
The master knew the fellow was really frightened, for all his looks, and that he must have no time to rally. [6]
The creatures of the deep which gather around sailing vessels are perhaps frightened off by the noise and stir of the steamship. [6]
When he reached the bridge he saw two unlimbered guns, the infantry crossing the bridge, several overturned carts, and frightened and laughing faces among the troops. [2]
It was not the barking cur, but yonder basket that has dropped from the skies, which frightened him. [10]
Nothing frightened her; the "haunted" chamber, with the torn hangings that flapped like wings when there was air stirring, was one of her favorite retreats. [6]
I've felt it that something would happen, some day, it frightened me, and yet I wished that something would happen. [9]
My mother's permission that Knecht Ruprecht should visit us was contrary to her principle never to allow us to be frightened by images of horror. [10]
The only good that came of it was that it frightened all the "moonshiners," and caused them to join the church. [4]
Well, one day, sure enough, the bell rang and I opened the door, and there stood a man with side whiskers staring at me, and staring until I was frightened to death. [9]
I confess the sums he had paid out in Tom's behalf frightened me. [9]
I will never suffer myself to be frightened from the carrying out of any thought which promises to be of use to a fellow-mortal by a fear lest it should be considered "unfeminine. [6]
In crossing Tower Street he was frightened by the sharp clanging of a great electric car that roared past him, aflame with light. [9]
It's all so strange, and to-morrow, he--" "There's nothing to be frightened about," he interrupted. [11]
She gave a step backward, and raised her frightened eyes to his. [9]
She stood stock-still, staring at me with frightened yet defiant eyes. [9]
Horses broke from stables, and a frightened dog rushed up a short attic ladder and out on to a roof, and when his scare was over had not the nerve to go down again the same way he had gone up. [5]
It frightened the squirrel from tree to tree and followed it up until both were out of sight in the forest. [5]
A minute later Sonya came in with a frightened, guilty, and scared look. [2]
Our three grown sons ran frightened to report the crime. [5]
There may be some good people who think that our young friend who puts his thoughts in verse is going sounding over perilous depths, and are frightened every time he throws the lead. [6]
Some of the soldiers were frightened and ran away, others went on filling their bags. [2]
You were walking so fast when I met you that you quite frightened me. [9]
The old countess sighed as she looked at them; Sonya was always getting frightened lest she should be in the way and tried to find excuses for leaving them alone, even when they did not wish it. [2]
You remember how she frightened us once before, when she went off and stayed all night with the woman she used to know in the flat house, when she heard she was sick? [9]
One day I set out with intent to trudge to Filey Bridge, but was frightened back by two cows. [14]
Her face was set in paleness, her eyes were frightened, her whole person was, as it were, in ghastly captivity. [11]
The frightened Captain sent to Smith for aid, who despatched to him thirty good shot. [4]
Mrs. Mavick, who seldom lost her head, was thoroughly frightened and upset, and it was a rare occasion that could upset the equanimity of the late widow, Mrs. Carmen Henderson. [4]
He fancied he saw something pathetically innocent in that frightened, sickly little face. [2]
And when I saw myself in the mirror I was frightened out of my wits. [5]
But all the same that night Natasha, now agitated and now frightened, lay a long time in her mother's bed gazing straight before her. [2]
This way, please..." said a trembling, frightened voice behind him. [2]
The cook began running hither and thither in the passage like a frightened hen, just as Alpatych entered. [2]
Sophie, frightened, turned round and met her infuriated look. [11]
With this statement Rosalie stopped and looked around her, frightened by her own frankness, which she now recognized as unwise and fatal to the last degree. [10]
It sounded all right to Alminy, as Mr. Bernard said it.--"I 'll tell ye what's the mahtterr," she said, in a frightened voice. [6]
My heart became restless,--I could feel it stirring irregularly, as if it were some frightened creature caged in my breast. [6]
And, as I reached the door, the North Wind spied me, grinned, rubbed his stomach, made a false dash at me that frightened me out of my wits, and finally went through the pantomime of scalping me. [9]
That very evening Polly Ann had frightened him into obedience by telling him that the Shawanees would get him. [9]
His feeling of pity for this man frightened him and he wished to go away, but there was no other fire, and Pierre sat down, trying not to look at Platon. [2]

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