Sentence examples for has been frightened from inspiring English sources

Foreign investment in mining has been frightened away.

Instead of being frightened stiff by the McCain challenge, Mr. Bush has been frightened loose.

The narrator is frightened, as you would expect, but he has been frightened his whole life; he sleeps with the door open and the hallway light on.

All women, not just those in Ireland, could identify with her statement, "You don't get to be an Irish woman of my age and say 'I, I, I' with any confidence, because 'I' has been frightened out of you".

Governor Engler suggests that many politicians professing opposition to drilling, including those in his own party, were capitulating to a public that has been frightened into thinking it is an environmental threat.

Despite her fears about writing in a private voice -- you don't get to be an Irish woman of my age and say 'I, I, I' with any confidence, because 'I' has been frightened out of you" -- the introduction swelled to 200 intensely personal pages.

And it has been frightening, of course it has.

— The residential real estate downturn in the suburbs surrounding Oakland and San Francisco has been frightening.

It has been frightening to give my child medicines off-label, before they are F.D.A.-approved for children.

The speed in which Cahill has developed into a top-class defender has been frightening.

"The progress I have made since I have been at the club has been frightening, to be honest.