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Definition of Frightens
1. frighten [v] - See also: frighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frightens
Literary usage of Frightens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"XI Proves Conclusively the Existence of the Dark Tower Visited by Child Rowland,
and of "Bogey" who frightens Children. THE Gamberi River — clear as a ..."
2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... lures out and frightens away the hideous reptile from his den, so the word
drives the fearful passions of our sensual nature from the most secret ..."
3. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary) (1861)
"I have not heard from Ireland these ten days or more ; their silence frightens
me, for I believe poor Don- nellan is in a very dangerous way. ..."
4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"But if the use of the particular motor, the noise of which frightens the horse,
was unauthorized, the company may be liable ; as, for example, where street ..."
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