Sentence examples for fright me from inspiring English sources
As mentioned, one story is even called "A Winter's Tale", and the whole brings to mind the Shakespeare scene that gives that play its title: the child, Mamillius, tells his mother "a sad tale's best for winter", and she asks him to "do your best / to fright me with your sprites; you're powerful at it".
Nothing frights me more than this errand and nothing is more temptation.
Every now and then the deer give me a real fright, startling me as they leap up from the reed-filled path, before dashing away on spring-loaded legs.
"[The idea of] 'stage fright' reminds me of when it became my responsibility to enter the 'big boy' bathroom and I felt scared," he explains.
She screamed with fright, even with me, her human daughter, working the ghastly thing and reassuring her.
I went into the wood one day And there I walked and lost my way When it was so dark I could not see A little creature came to me He said if I would sing a song The time would not be very long But first I must let him hold my hand tight Or else the wood would give me a fright I sang a song, he let me go But now I am home again, there is nobody I know.
But it's that "moment of both joy and fright" that really gets me.
Are you trying to give me a fright?" replied Mr Xi in 2002 when asked by a reporter whether he was a leader to watch out for.
What he says "Are you trying to give me a fright?" (when asked by a reporter, in 2002, whether he would be a top leader within the decade).
They've given me a fright, ruined my day, and possibly my life, because I think I've lost the bulk of my documents.
