Sentence examples for a fright to from inspiring English sources
It's a fright to look at.
You get the eerie sensation that Mr and Mrs Hall have just gone into another room and will probably return any second and have a bit of a fright to see a journalist peering in through their window.
The lowdown This tablet uses the latest version of the Android operating system – something that could well give a fright to people more used to Apple's user-friendly iOS.
The event closed with an explosion of red, white and blue ticker tape – giving a fright to Trafalgar Square's famous pigeons – and the athletes left the stage for their next social event: an audience with the Queen.
But despite appearing sound and well, the 42-year-old conceded it had been a fright to wake after hitting his head and knocking himself out in wet conditions.
It pauses at intersections and then resumes, sometimes halfway through a new trip, giving a sudden fright to passengers who have not yet spotted the dangling cord and think the drivers have gone mad.
The spooky name was then taken up by bartenders to describe a stupefying rum highball; at the turn of the millennium, the supposedly strolling stiffs, capable of giving a fright even to vampires, reappeared to denote a series of computers taken over by evil geeks to be used in concert to bombard a target site with choking data.
This makes sense, as the warriors had a more active purpose than simply to be admired; presumably anyone who made it past the rigged arrows and crossbows needed a good fright to deter them from the treasures within.
For a week, collectors will be able to make bids via the company Web site on more than a hundred lots, encompassing everything from a T-shirt emblazoned with Warhol's blank mien ("Self-Portrait with a Fright Wig") to a lithograph of Marilyn Monroe's luscious lips in blue, yellow, and red ("I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever").
For a fright, head to the Eastern State Penitentiary.
Horror fans looking for a fright need to check out the latest trailer for "Penny Dreadful".
