Sentence examples for desperately scared from inspiring English sources

"I'm desperately scared about that," he admits.

You can see it through his fiction: in Jack Torrance's alcoholic self-pity, desperately scared of becoming what he's destined to be, trying to hold his family together even as he shakes it apart; in Larry Underwood throwing his life (and money, and 15 minutes of fame) away on drink and drugs at the start of The Stand; in his short stories, tales of addiction and internal collapse and death.

He named several seats where his party could win at Westminster level, and claimed the press was "desperately scared" on UKIP, and keen to run stories attacking his party.

If it had been a human playing 17... Raeveryoneyone would say, "He's just trying desperately to scare up some tricks".

If there were transparency to the public spectacle of bull riding, it would be clear that this is a frantically scared animal desperately trying to escape.

The deepening liquidity troubles at LG Card apparently scared off investors desperately needed to keep the company afloat.

He is doing this because he is scared – and he desperately wants to bring back the fear that has enabled his rule for the last 12 years.

The refugee camps in Uzbekistan are filled with anxious women who desperately want to return home but are so scared of more bloodshed that they will not leave.

But the businesses the city desperately needs to attract to generate more revenue are scared off by the crime.

Cole a) desperately needs a wee, but b) sees ghosts, so he is understandably scared about crossing over the invisible line of safety of his bedroom door.

He said his assumption of wider powers was meant to get Egypt past its post-Mubarak political sclerosis, but he may well deepen Egypt's political polarization, scare off desperately needed foreign investment and waste Egypt's rising credibility in the region and the world.