Sentence examples for frightening appearance from inspiring English sources

"He [Litvinoff] told me he expected [his attackers] were cronies of Lucian's," says 93-year-old Mr Shihwarg, who recalls vividly his friend's frightening appearance that day.

The Consul himself never appears, and while the police chief makes a frightening appearance, he does not - unlike Puccini's Scarpia - get a good aria.

For example, some masks in Africa, as well as in Oceania and East Asia, have such a grotesque or frightening appearance as to lead one to suspect that they represent evil spirits with an intent to terrorize the spectators; actually they may have the opposite character and function.

His intimidating and frightening appearance alone is often all that is needed in getting information from suspects.

He depends at least somewhat on his frightening appearance, and the bat motif, to be effective; the rest is his own special training.

The relevant similarity between C1 and C2 in the case of 1A7 is suggested by the fact that the king describes the ox as having a "frightened appearance, like an innocent going to the execution ground").

In this labyrinth she meets a giant faun (played by the American mime artist Doug Jones), a commanding figure, frightening in appearance but essentially kindly, the opposite in fact of the Captain.

Especially frightening is the appearance of strains resistant to the few drugs that, when taken together, normally cure TB.

Lord Bell added that many corporations were "frightened" of appearances before select committees which he claimed were more about generating headlines that finding out facts.

Like all of us, Robinson wanted fresh air, but he also knew his appearance was frightening to passerbys.

The wife is frightened by his appearance and impulsively gives him a sack of old clothes.