The emotional atmosphere was so strong and frightening.
She was incredible as Mama Rose: strong, almost frightening.
And you ache with the truth of Elizabeth's visceral longing for her strong, beautiful, frightening daughter: her fear at what Rosie is becoming, mixed with — so honest, this — an irrational and perpetual hunger to please her.
When he began his sculpture work five years ago, Strong was frightened at the thought of what might emerge from the cunning of his hands.
For the powerful to lash out at the defenceless (say, to relieve strong feelings) is frightening, whether the violence is verbal or physical.
He was very much influenced by Stokely Carmichael and the other American Black Panthers, and he had a personality so strong it was frightening.
I was once with Hague on a school visit where, for the benefit of the cameras, we tramped around the classrooms in a 20-strong pack, frightened the kids for sound bites and generally got in the way of their education.
In the period 1940-80, the Keynesian, mixed-economic models of north-west Europe, North America and many developing regions delivered to the poor and weak, while not frightening the strong.
"I always knew my wife was a strong woman, but seeing her as a strong mother has been delightfully frightening".
He looks strong and not frightened.
