Sentence examples for were frightened off from inspiring English sources

The original sponsors, Mitsubishi pens, were frightened off by a column by Simon Jenkins dismissing it as sexist.

"There were gunfights where people were captured or killed, others were frightened off, and so he had fewer and fewer people around him," Mr. Liu said.

She was a soul mate of Mandelstam and fell in love again and again with men who were frightened off by her intensity and her utter vulnerability.

HBO, Showtime and FX were frightened off, but AMC — which was about to start its own lineup of original programming with "Mad Men" — put it in its rotation.

George J. Schaefer, who is quite open about this, says that when he couldn't get an opening for "Kane," because the theatres were frightened off by the stories in the Hearst press about injunctions and lawsuits, he went to see Hearst's lawyers in Los Angeles and took the position that Kane could be Insull.

Japanese stocks retreated after a four-day rally Friday, as investors were frightened off by a raft of horrendous macroeconomic data.

Investors have been frightened off by the political debate.

The birds could be frightened off by the removal of trees and a long construction disturbance, he said.

"Mothers need to be well-fed during pregnancy and we don't want them being frightened off food".

None of that means you should be frightened off from spending on art, if that's what interests you.

Hanson was frightened off making a bid, but soon after ICI itself started the break-up, floating off Zeneca, which then merged with Sweden's Astra.