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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a frightful cry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a loud, terrifying sound, often in a dramatic or literary context.
Example: "In the dead of night, a frightful cry echoed through the forest, sending shivers down the spines of all who heard it."
Alternatives: "a terrifying scream" or "a dreadful wail."
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From deep beneath the waves a frightful cry Disturbed the peaceful airs that filled the sky.
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Although Khatami never renounced his reformist principles, he seemed unwilling to fight for them and appeared to succumb to pressure from reactionary clerics who viewed and still view every cry for change as the germ of a frightful disease that must be stamped out before it can infect the nation.
There followed a frightful beating.
Onions and a frightful stew.
"Guruji had a frightful personality," Iyengar wrote.
This was a frightful ordeal.
We're not a frightful people.
It was, he said, "a frightful dump".
It really is a frightful business.
Such a frightful vision could not be left unchallenged.
This has put Shariatmadari in a frightful predicament".
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