Sentence examples for frightened of by from inspiring English sources

I am reading "Nothing to be Frightened Of," by Julian Barnes, a meditation on death, a subject I might be tempted to avoid, but I picked it up and am now riveted.

Nothing to be Frightened of by Julian Barnes 256pp, Jonathan Cape, £16.99 "Perhaps," Julian Barnes writes in Nothing to be Frightened of, "a sense of death is like a sense of humour.

Nothing to Be Frightened Of, by Julian Barnes (Knopf; $24.95).

(First Chapter) NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF By Julian Barnes.

"This book reads just like a collection of commonplaces; a ragbag of thoughts, mostly filed under D for death," objected Harry Mount in the Sunday Telegraph, reviewing Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes.

Of the many dreads that pressed in on her the most prominent was that her son, in his perfection, would be polluted by contact with the world – she became frightened of contamination by manmade chemicals and vaccinations.

He seemed more frightened of capture by an enemy notorious for its cruelty than of death.

I've never understood why the BBC is so frightened of regulation by Ofcom … It's not as if ITV is poorly regulated.

"They are really frightened of being crippled by the loss of the show," she said.

We're still frightened of being led by older women – if we can't deny their political power, we'll deny their erotic power instead.

It's sad that our politicians are so frightened of losing face by admitting that they got it very wrong in 1993.