Sentence examples for failed to frighten from inspiring English sources

Before I came upon Hill's work, I'd been feeling discouraged about the current state of the genre, reading (and often abandoning) story after story that failed to persuade, failed to frighten, failed to stimulate whatever don't-go-there sensation it is we're looking for when we suspend disbelief, abandon hope and plunge into the dark forest of horror.

Another is that his administration's dark vision of the world has failed to frighten the public.

Soft and gentle wording (including rhythms of drum and cymbal to strengthen effect) will fail to frighten the spirits and to make them cooperate during the long process of fundamental enunciation.

Correa, readily vilified as a "socialist" by many, an overused term that never fails to frighten, nevertheless seems to find his admirers in the West.

The ghost failed to be frightening.

Alberta officials said Tuesday that Syncrude had failed to operate noisemakers to frighten away birds.

Certainly, the ride's video promo utterly fails to be frightening.

These individuals violate sound ordinances, try to block patients from entering clinics, attempt to confuse patients by presenting themselves as medical professionals and, when all else fails, aim to frighten and demean patients and staff alike.

She continued for five months in a role that didn't suit her skills under a manager that frightened her because she failed to question that assumption.

The first major study of the technique, led by Curt Freed of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, ended in controversy when it failed to help patients overall and left some with frightening uncontrollable movements (Science, 16 March 2001, p. 2060).

Many said they were frightened and almost had accidents when their vehicles failed to accelerate as expected when they tried to merge with traffic or cross a busy intersection.