Sentence examples for fright situations from inspiring English sources

The white fur shows only in fright situations when the animal raises its tail as it bounds away.

Fearlessness was measured by observing reactions to various fright-inducing situations: separation from parents, the roar of a vacuum cleaner, a jack-in-the-box and the like.

The current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the DSM-IV, acknowledges that stage fright (and shyness in social situations) is common and not necessarily a sign of illness.

Cetaceans show fright by fleeing from a situation or by bunching up and "milling".

Somehow the very helplessness and apparent hopelessness of the situation prevented much fright.

Fright wigs, frightening women and frightful acting.

Toomer laughed today as he recounted the scene after the Giants practiced, though he conceded that he now viewed the situation with a mixture of amusement and fright.

The English theatre scholar Nicholas Ridout, in his excellent book "Stage Fright, Animals, and Other Theatrical Problems" (2006), compares the situation to that of a snail having its shell ripped off.

A local constable went to assess the situation, but on being confronted with a huge bear he took fright and ran to fetch the menagerie owner.

While the riders' heart rates indicated stage fright in the live performance, the horses showed about the same levels of stress in both situations.

She described the situation as "freedom from hunger and want, bye-bye pinchies and scrimpies, farewell fiscal fright".