Sentence example with the word 'affright'

affright

Definition n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

Last update: September 7, 2015


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The half-emptied line-tub floats on the whitened sea; the wooden poles of the spilled harpoons obliquely bob in it; the heads of the swimming crew are scattered about the whale in contrasting expressions of affright; while in the black stormy distance the ship is bearing down upon the scene.   [Please select]

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To dream that you are affrighted, foretells that you will sustain an injury through an accident.   [Please select]

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} To see others affrighted, brings you close to misery and distressing scenes.   [Please select]

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He still stands affrighted, trembling, and repeating his Paternosters.   [Please select]

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Why do fierce tyrants us affright, Whose rage is far beyond their might.   [Please select]

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The conscience-stricken, affrighted monarch could only say, "Hast thou found me, oh mine enemy."   [Please select]

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The hair of the affrighted pedagogue rose upon his head with terror.   [Please select]

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