Sentence examples for like frightened from inspiring English sources

(A character is dispatched to an address on "Napier Street". There isn't such a street in the District. There is one in. . . Wheaton). But the Washington Monument always looks good, especially when tourists in fedoras and penny loafers are scurrying around its base like frightened ants.

They wish to return to the safety of their ebon stronghold, like frightened cybercrabs.

Cornish Pirates director of rugby Ian Davies accused his side of looking like "frightened rabbits" as they suffered their worst-ever Championship loss.

Tall palm trees sway jerkily, like frightened horses.

In the almost sixteen years since the National made its début, Aaron Dessner has become a sought-after producer, working with acts like Frightened Rabbit, Sharon Van Etten, and Local Natives.

From there, the game spread quickly, especially in New York, where a wide cross section of young men and women, as varied as Wall Street bankers and rock musicians, has taken part, including indie bands like Frightened Rabbit and Deer Tick, said Jay Belin, a talent booker for the Mercury Lounge who created You Got Iced, a blog, in May to document icings.

Respondents were asked to indicate their agreement on a 5- point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) with the following items: "I would like to explore strange places"; "I like frightening things"; I like new and exciting experiences, even if I have to break the rules"; and "I prefer friends who are exciting and unpredictable".

Gary J. Dellaverson, the chief financial officer of the authority, called the economic outlook "gloomy" and used words like "frightening" and "dramatic" to describe the fall in real estate-related revenues.

Apparently, with a Stimulus-subject verb like frighten, English systematically utilizes grammatical derivations to allow an Experiencer to take the subject position.

When I try, it looks less like seasoning poultry and more like frightening a chinchilla.

Jean Cocteau knew as much, and that is why, in "La Belle et la Bête," his 1946 remolding of the story, Belle admits, with a dreamy look, "I like being frightened".