Sentence examples for took fright from inspiring English sources

Bondholders also took fright.

Silent Circle took fright.

The nobles and the bourgeois now took fright.

Some local Belgian priests took fright, and had him arrested.

When capital took fright and fled the region, policymakers faced an awful dilemma.

On Monday Pfizer's shares plunged by 10.6% as shareholders took fright at the long-term implications.

Although the required technology did not exist, the Soviets took fright.

And yet, after an initial pause, the markets took fright (see article).

What if the markets suddenly took fright over Belgium or France?

But he then took fright at the idea; they were reconciled, and had a third child.

All very laudable, one would have thought, but the government plainly took fright.