Sentence examples for to fright from inspiring English sources

Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.

Along one branch the phrase "Places, buildings, where feelings are closely related to fright …" has been written with a brush (the phrase continues but it is not decipherable).

"We are mere usurpers, tyrants, and what's worse / To fright the animals and kill them up," he says, while "weeping and commenting upon the sobbing deer".

As mentioned, one story is even called "A Winter's Tale", and the whole brings to mind the Shakespeare scene that gives that play its title: the child, Mamillius, tells his mother "a sad tale's best for winter", and she asks him to "do your best / to fright me with your sprites; you're powerful at it".

"If this continues, nervousness will have to give way to fright".

"And given how gory and intense horror films are these days... Well, it takes a lot more effort to fright people nowadays.

It also represents an earnest if not entirely persuasive attempt to tease out some of the latent allegorical meanings of the genre, and to use fright to raise questions about the state of the environment.

What child doesn't appreciate a good Halloween scarefest - from tales of magic and mischief to fright-night features that send teenagers and their parents running for cover?

Almost none seemed nervous; it was difficult to find one camper willing to admit to stage fright.

The scares never change but the maze certainly needs to if Fright Fest hopes to continue improving.

Originally, Carey had not planned to tour due to stage fright, a feat she followed during her previous album releases.