Sentence examples for was frightened when from inspiring English sources
verb
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
- Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretends to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
He was frightened when the jihadis charged south from Timbuktu.
Syreeta Hubbard, 33, said she was frightened when her son would come home from practice complaining of a headache.
Her son was frightened when detectives showed up at school to question him, she said, but only because he was afraid she had been in an accident.
Mr. Khalifa said he knew the book was crossing what are universally called "red lines" in the Arab world, and he was frightened when it came time to publish.
She was frightened when she saw my truck, fearing that I might be in the Janjaweed, which had already burned down her home and killed 30 members of her extended family.
"I was frightened when I saw the pictures on television and thought about cancelling - but it's been fine here.
Even though the radiation was frightening, when we saw the cows again we had peace of mind".
"It was frightening when the first comet I saw made it real that the stars were worlds and the earth only one of them," she wrote in "Everybody's Autobiography".
"It was frightening when we found out.
"Anyone with any sense is frightened when you come under fire.
He had been frightened when he looked up and saw her, but her timid voice rapidly reassured him.
