Sentence examples for somewhat frightened from inspiring English sources

He plays a sharp, witty, inhibited, somewhat frightened guy who is, in effect, preparing to make a film such as "The Color Wheel".

(Medical student 2) In contrast to the nurses, who appeared to be able to communicate more personally and emotionally with the patients, the medical students were reluctant and even somewhat frightened of revealing too much about themselves in "in-depth" conversations, even if they claimed to be committed to the well-being of their patients.

I made a sign to Bimba not to interrupt her grandmother, and Bimba sat there and stared, somewhat frightened by this woman who was looking so intently at her own life.

But even as a kid I was aware that they were somewhat frightened of their own neighbourhood, which was tough, and they were also afraid of going into the white neighbourhood.

It's this quality of being a step ahead that intrigued Wyatt and others about Desiree, but it also somewhat frightened him.

(Midwife, FI) The Dutch professionals considered it normal for women to be anxious or maybe somewhat frightened of giving birth vaginally.

He's really pretty frightened.

"I was pretty frightened," Oberkfell said.

"Be frightened – be very frightened," he said.

According to what he calls, somewhat annoyingly, the Morris Theorem, "Change is caused by lazy, greedy, frightened people looking for easier, more profitable and safer ways of doing things.

Although the frequency of anti-Jewish incidents is said to have abated somewhat in the past year (thanks in part to more vigilant policing), many French Jews remain frightened, angry and dispirited.