Sentence examples for in a fright from inspiring English sources
The book's title refers to an old English curse: to dream of the devil and wake in a fright.
He woke up in a fright, convinced that the man who would someday assassinate him will be a barber.
Lighten Zahedi's complexion, stuff him in a fright wig, and this fellow would be a ringer for Harpo Marx.
Her mother Margaret, a religious fundamentalist played by Julianne Moore in a fright wig, thinks it's the devil.
Dressed in a fright wig and jumpsuit, Mr. Ansari was talking into a megaphone, trying to keep the volunteers entertained.
More lights!" — was hollered with such delirious intensity that it's a wonder some stagehand didn't switch on the house lights in a fright.
Not in a fight or fright kind of way, but rather in a mind-clearing, healthy, change your life for the better kind of way.
France strengthened their case for inclusion in a new Four-Nations series in 2009 by giving New Zealand a fright in Paris on Saturday, eventually losing 22-14.
Fortunately no one was injured; but the tenants of an adjoining house, which for a short time seemed in danger, had a fright.
While Garcia has not quite trained on since reaching the junior final here two years ago, Andy Murray singled her out for praise in Paris when she gave Maria Sharapova a fright in the French Open.
