Sentence examples for frighten him into from inspiring English sources
The phrase "frighten him into" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when describing a situation where someone is coerced or compelled to do something due to fear. Example: "They tried to frighten him into confessing by threatening his family."
Try not to frighten him into doing something foolish.
To unnerve Mr. Dole -- and frighten him into not upbraiding the president's character -- Mr. Clinton stared at his opponent and kept inching closer to him.
The inspector general also pointed to two situations in which a C.I.A. interrogator carried out preparations for a mock execution of Mr. Nashiri in an effort to frighten him into talking, which the report characterized as the "most significant" example of a detainee who was brutalized in ways that went beyond the Bush administration's list of approved tactics.
Late last year, Lt. Col. Allen B. West, a battalion commander in the Fourth Infantry Division, was allowed to resign from the Army after he fired a pistol near a suspected supporter of insurgents during an interrogation in August to frighten him into giving up information about impending attacks against allied soldiers near Tikrit.
According to Haggard's daughter Lilias, the phrase "She-who-must-be-obeyed" originated from his childhood and "the particularly hideous aspect" of one rag-doll: "This doll was something of a fetish, and Rider, as a small child, was terrified of her, a fact soon discovered by an unscrupulous nurse who made full use of it to frighten him into obedience.
Perhaps all these riders getting caught has frightened him into quitting the performance-enhancing drugs.
This was intended, officials said, to reaffirm longstanding policy and to remind Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi that he was being watched and frightening him into abstention.
But the lawyer for the detainee, Omar Khadr, said those were the words of a scared and wounded child whose interrogators frightened him into giving a false confession by making up a tale of a young boy gang-raped and killed in prison.
Not to mention that if Danny can lie to him, why can't he say they frightened him into a confession that he now recants?
Bliss recalls a routine in which he had to climb into a coffin, which frightened him.
He frightens them into taking him back to their place and giving him refuge till the coast is clear.
