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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to be spooked" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom meaning to be scared, especially by a sudden or unexpected event. For example, "I was walking in the woods alone and suddenly I heard a noise that made me jump and I was really spooked!".
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Watson wasn't the only one to be spooked, either.
Yet, it's hard not to be spooked by that menacing glint in his eye.
You need to be spooked out of your hidey-hole and its glowing mess.
In particular, some people said it was right not to be spooked by the appreciation of the euro.
Companies and consumers tend to be spooked by bad news, and market analysts and economists worry that faltering confidence could cause employers to hold back on hiring.
The Azeris are said to be spooked by Kosovo's successful campaign for independence and fear that Nagorno-Karabakh might win international recognition.
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Simply put — if not putt — they admitted to being spooked enough by bogeys that they will ultimately cost themselves strokes to avoid them.
Lisa Kudrow, who admitted to being spooked by the 2013 hoax, weighed in with Conan O'Brian on his show early last August. .
It wasn't trying to be Spooks.
Hughes sent out his team to contain and frustrate, to stay in the game long enough for Aberdeen to fret and be spooked by the possibility of defeat.
Investors will be spooked.
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