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Sentence Examples A look of doubt appears in his eyes and he is like a man on a high wire who looks down and takes fright and begins to wobble. True, he didn't shoot anybody back then and he hadn't worn fright wigs as a teenager, but he also never took a class with me or anybody I knew. Did you ever hear the story about why Dick's fright wig was only the back half of a wig? Before he can figure out what's happening, a bunch of albinos in white tunics and cream-colored fright wigs start shooting arrows at him. Long gone are the days when all it took for a good fright was an unexpected ghostly face to appear onscreen. Near here, we got a fright when a grass snake slithered across the path in front of us. Workmen digging up a front garden got a fright when they discovered an unexploded Second World War bomb. The big dog otter probably got as much of a fright as he did, it about-turned and leapt into the water. We had a fright six months ago, when we thought he had cancer, but it turned out to be a rare doggy form of malaria he'd picked up in France. The condition may be caused by hormonal imbalance, physical and emotional stress, infection, severe fright, shock and injury. She started and jumped up, looking at Tobias with an expression that was close to fright. Imagine him with a blue-rinse and you'll understand why my wife screamed in fright and the creature began to cry in terror. The hens took stage fright and skedaddled when Nancy tried to record some hen chatter. One common one causing fright or dread was called in Yorkshire the boggart, in Scotland the bogle, and in England the bogey or bogeyman. She sat bolt upright, crying out for her mother in fright at the noise, terrified by the pitch blackness around her. Her typical composure in dealing with stressful situations such as this was slowly slipping away from her as her terror and fright increased. He heard the slosh of water between them, and saw to his fright that the basin was fast becoming a river. The conclusion was she probably died of fright from an attack by the neighbour's cat. Before she could finish the sentence, Fran let out a sudden cry of fright as she was swept up off her feet. Her eyes were damp with tears and her face pale with fright and pain, so her forced smile seemed very out of place. Show More Sentences Mary, a short pug-nosed brunette, jumped in fright at the sudden entrance of a stranger and opened her mouth to scream but no sound came. Last year hundreds of birds died of fright due to fireworks being set off near the Hutchinson Road sanctuary. Thoroughly demoralized by my dream, I was in a state of nervous fright by the time I got to the venue. The workshop was tutored step-by-step and was aided by video counselling in overcoming stage fear and fright. I noticed someone who was examining the corpse turn pale with fright as he turned to the officer. The reality of such fears is borne out by the evidence of tombstones testifying to those who died of fright after seeing a ghost. Carla shrieked in fright, jumping sideways before realizing she was being confronted by two, more than likely, perfectly harmless fans. Although she was pale with fright and nauseous from the strain, Ava had to chuckle. A terrified dad got the fright of his life when he answered his door to find 10 armed police officers shouting and pointing guns at him. One day, arriving home after a morning of swimming and diving in the village river, Vernel got the fright of his life. Judge Oliver McGuinness said he believed that Dwyer knew that his activities could give someone a nasty fright. I continued my journey, and though I say this with such a casual tone, it would be quite a fright when I experienced my upcoming conflict. My face was pale, I looked a fright, and I was surprised at the tears that were in my eyes. And though my head hurts a bit and I'm sure I look a fright, I'm awake, and so happy. She knew she would look a fright in the morning and could not even fix her hair as her bedchamber had no mirrors. She realized she probably looked a fright in muddy breeches, and reached up to push a wisp of hair out of her eyes. Suddenly his horse took fright, and he was carried with dreadful rapidity through the entangled forest. They took fright and would have tipped her body into the sea, had not Haiho stopped them. If investors take fright, stocks could fall below their current levels, they said. Imagine now that house prices carried on falling for the next six months and that consumers took fright. Show More Sentences When the alarm is given Sikes takes fright and escapes, and Oliver is shot and wounded. The horse drawing this vehicle also took fright and flung its driver and passenger into the road, injuring them both. Horses can take fright easily, so adjust your driving as soon as you see horses on the road ahead of you. These days, with my fear of snowslides, if I'd fallen in such a place I'd have died of fright before an avalanche could take me. I don't normally get stage fright or nerves before a performance but today I'm like a child on Christmas Eve. Has anybody suffering from night terrors ever wet their bed from fright while sleeping at the clinic? I will go and fright the varletry with my presence, and secure, I trust, a horse for Your Majesty, and one for myself. That's what makes the difference between a roller-coaster thrill of a fright and a spine-chilling haunt. Taking a deep breath, he squared his shoulders, hoping that his expression did not betray his fright, or the pounding of his heart when he spoke. He jumped, spun clear around in mid-air and took off running in the other direction, squealing in protest and fright. Whoever got her nose in front during the first set promptly dropped their lead in fright. The previous singer, while very good in rehearsals, suffered from stage fright, and could not perform in public. She studied at the conservatory but got stage fright when she had to play in front of an audience for her graduation recital. I wasn't feeling well, and I was nervous, I get stage fright like you wouldn't believe! She never professed to be a dancer herself and admitted to stage fright, but she gamely appeared in a few festival programs. This is a unique text that explores stage fright in musical performance and its relationship to the unconscious. Thus, the conflict between the self and the other, one of the core sources of stage fright, begins as a developmental process. John himself had developed a horrible feeling of stage fright and had taken off his glasses just so he wouldn't see the audience. The anxiety of stage fright is part of her growing awareness of being in the public eye. Well, not only do I have stage fright, but I also feel weird getting my picture taken. Show More Sentences Proven scientific methods of training to get over stage fright and personality development can work wonders in children. He has gained a reputation for getting stage fright, so touring by himself with only his acoustic guitar is quite a brave decision. Still inexperienced, she undertook a tour of Ireland, where she suffered stage fright and returned home vowing never to tour again. I'm suffering no more than a mild attack of stage fright, I know that, and I know, too, that it'll all come out right. The selection of the final speakers was based on their fluency, clarity, lack of stage fright, and ability to attract the audience. Birds die of fright very easily, and cannot fly at night to get away from a noise source. Allie whispered in instinctive response, fright clogging her throat, making her voice crack. Adriano soon wasted a chance but once Ghana overcame early stage fright they began to dominate. The poor creature took fright and ran with the mob catcalling after her and even throwing a rock or two. The big dog otter probably got as much of a fright as he did, about-turned and leapt into the water. He heard the other horses whinnying in fright and shouting, as well as swearing in Elvish coming from the men. The stage fright seemingly mounted when he had to tune up in front of a full room anticipating his first song of the set. His lack of stage fright is combined with an equal desire to inspire audiences, either through a motivating speech or a stirring song. And when you returned, wide-eyed with fright and chilled to the marrow, you were secretly amazed at your own survival. Any element of fright that may have been in the screenplay is long gone in the final cut of the film. In a way, the mental fright is just as scary as the visual fright, but I still prefer blood and guts. In a sense, since I still can't watch with ironic or benumbed remove, my fright speaks well of a film's potency. Her whole body shook with fright and she had never been more scared in her life. I think it's a form of performance anxiety, hyperreal stage fright if you will. Stage fright masks itself as a domineering style, or as coyness, egoism, or pride. Show More Sentences Amy is this beautiful girl, but she'd as soon wear goofy teeth and fright wigs. The sight of him dangling from the machinery with his fright wig and his oversized shoes is at once savagely comic and deeply shocking. In Romania, I got to see a man play two saxophones at once, here I got to see orchestral players wear fright wigs and give each other high fives. For my Mr. H costume, I dug a cheap black fright wig out of the family toybox, shaking out some of the dust bunnies. At any rate, they will probably be wearing fright wigs, rubber noses, and big floppy shoes. The initial altercation was between a Shriner and a Minneapolis attorney who wore a bright orange fright wig and a polka-dot bow tie. My wife was positively gruesome with a witch outfit, long knobby nose, cackling laugh, a fright wig and blackened teeth. I mean, how many times can you stand watching grown men and women in fright wigs doing aerobics? There is continued expert support for the Freudian view which emphasized the importance of the element of sudden fright or surprise in neurosis following trauma. Faulty breathing, stage fright, cumulative trauma disorders, tendonitis, carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndrome, trigger finger and tennis elbow also are reviewed. Call it horror lite, or fright by numbers, but this sub-genre has become fairly predictable, even by the standards of a genre that often trades on meeting our expectations. Nonetheless, they should question the perspective and intentions of those on the fright wing they find common cause with. First, she had to overcome her stage fright to go head-to-head with the big boys. She suffered terribly from stage fright but she's past it to a degree. The child heard a loud trumpeting and jumped in fright, spinning around to see what it was while clutching the creature tightly, just as it was grasping him. We've all been in situations where there's some anxiety or stage fright. My blood ran cold, and my mortal fright returned in full force. He could sense their fright like a bloodhound could sniff out a fox. I unclasped my seat belt and locked all the doors, my utmost security measure in case of imminent fright, while I stared outside looking for a sign of life. Yet when Henman almost fainted with fright as he began his second-round match, the pundits fell over themselves to point out how quickly he regained his composure. Show More Sentences The horses pulling the carriage suddenly took fright for no apparent reason, snapped the traces and bolted off, startling both the hosts and their guest of honour. Rats, hundreds and hundreds of them, are everywhere at the Karni Mata Hindu temple in the Indian state of Rajasthan and woe betide anyone who takes fright and steps on one. An owl fluttered its wings and both Heidi and I jumped out of fright. Meanwhile, though, they had been pressing up on the Aberdeen defence with the slight Spaniard giving them a fright when he outjumped them in the seventh minute. He's green, foul-smelling, warty, impolite and looks a fright. He noticed Trudy standing in the doorway, her face pale with fright. It sends all the wrong signals to the market and can quickly turn to a vicious downward spiral as lenders, bondholders, and equity investors take fright. A voice answered from behind her, before a wrinkled hand clamped down on the girl's shoulder, making her jump into the air from a case of sudden fright. She speaks eloquently of the differences, and notes that admission to the world of floppy shoes and fright wigs is based on more than just an understanding of physical comedy. Jonah adjusted his black fright wig, squinted into the mirror and sighed. Every time they scampered forward in the opening half hour, the hosts took fright, sporting that look which befalls turkeys each time the barn door is unlatched. I'm terribly sorry for bothering you all and for giving you such a fright. Bridget paled with fright, but looked at her cousin sternly. As I climbed onto the stage, I was filled with stage fright. But fortunately the vandals took fright and scampered away in a hurry. Couple that with a blond fright wig that can be found in the Halloween clearance aisle of Walgreen's and you've got yourself an award winning photo. He's also seeking compensation for towing and storage charges, and for the fright of hiding in the corner of a holding cell with drunks and brawlers. I have had several people jump with fright when they see it. The first time I experienced it, it gave me the fright of my life. But as cinematic fright trips go, Jaws remains the most gripping. Show More Sentences You will scream, you will shudder, you will turn pale with fright. They would jump out from behind the bushes and scare the girls and we would scream in exaggerated fright and run to the doorstep of the next house on the block. When she heard of the whippings I received after disobeying my father, she squealed in fright and then cringed at the thought of me not receiving food for 3 days. Preparing to send Ikeda a withering glower to conceal the sting that throbbed through him after his partner's slight, Shanza jerked in fright instead when he was interrupted. But for all her love of dancing, she suffers badly from stage fright. With fright night falling on a Friday, many of the city's trendiest bars are throwing their own scary soirees. Great-heartedness leads us to undertake great and arduous works in every kind of Virtue without taking fright at their magnitude. Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently fleeing from something in fright when he died. I did some guest-speaking at the middle school last year, and I experienced some stage fright before and during my first presentation. I had quite a bit of stage fright so I probably portrayed myself as a nervous Nelly. Occupying a parallel universe are the seven adorable Dwowns, a septet of moppets in big ears, arresting clown garb and multicolored fright wigs. Four-month-old kitten Gerrard gave his family a fright when he hopped into the back of a removal van destined for Hampshire. But more hot flashes and stage fright are definitely on the horizon when the Globe-influenced Oscar nominations are announced Jan. Eventually a huge bell dropped on him and he reappeared as a snake demon in a red fright wig. Stephen Fry rolled up to Jonathan Ross's party wearing a big Phil Spectorstyle fright wig and his normal clothes. Gratuitous violence is a guy dressed in a fright wig chasing 10 teenagers around a forest. There's Ugly Betty in all her geeky glory, black fright wig, red glasses and all. He gave his talk in an oversized tuxedo, Nixon mask, and fright wig, speaking through a voice-distorting microphone. It's fright Sam Rockwell in Poltergeist Nardo gives chase but he is carjacked and has to telephone Jason and Evan for help. To figure it out, all you needed to do was eyeball those crazy fright wigs he sported during the trial. Show More Sentences Gavin Turk questions celebrity at the exhibition at The New Art Gallery, Walsall, by wearing an Andy Warholesque fright wig and picturing himself in a Warhol-style print. Mr. Pinchot, wearing a long-haired fright wig, plays a guileless nut named Bobby McGee who has been struck by lightning and turned into a psychic. In pool C, Samoa gave England a fright with an adventurous approach that allowed them to take an early lead, however, England's superior fitness saw them through. I was not there long, for I was all of a fright when I was there. Invariably one of the women will have a makeshift veil and the men will be wearing multi-coloured fright wigs as they enjoy their last flings before a life of domestic bliss. I move slightly and gasp, jumping backwards, heart thumping with shock and fright. They took five of the ewes, and the others that hadn't lambed yet slipped their lambs from fright. The machine itself looks like a big ray gun, similar to the one in Goldfinger which gave James Bond a fright. As far as opening nights go, there were no signs of jitters or stage fright. After a few minutes the wagon jolted and moved on the track and then there was a sudden thud that almost made Bligh cry out in fright. At that point, Stage Fright evidently became something of a redheaded stepchild among Hitchcock's oeuvre. For the first time Olivier began to suffer from stage fright, which plagued him for several years. When Hennery saw the bo's'n crawl out of the water hole he nearly fainted with fright. In most cases, the provocation must induce rage or anger in the defendant, although some cases have held that fright, terror, or desperation will suffice. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Madness! The animals roared in fright, lost in the jungular darkness. The birds squawked desperately, their nests high up in the inaccessible shrubs. Examples from Classical Literature Decoud thought that it was a thousand pities the wretch had not died of fright. I felt as if I should have tumbled down with sheer fright and cowardliness. I was excited, strung up, too strung up to feel the fright that I knew must be with me. But, after all that we have seen of symmetrical districts and reductions of hidage, we ought not to take fright at this point. The Luftwaffe Marshal gasped, but swallowed the cry of fright as Dave's gun came within ten inches of his thin, hawkish nose. What trustier messenger could I find now that I have lent him zest by fright? I was scared and so was roxanne as we hugged each other as women always do from fright. They're a pair of deevils, worse nor any Red Indian, but for a' that they're sweatin' wi' fright. With a yowl of surprise and fright, he tried to free himself from the mess. I felt a kind of fright on perceiving a barrel of white metal terminating in a slender tube. When he knew it wes nesh, he got a fright himself end then frightened Herding into doing it. Never tell me again that a wolf is coming, mosh Nichifor, I shall die from fright. But come, confess that he gave you a terrible fright, and that you were shocked at his unconventionally. For this is the thunderbolt with which they fright those whom they are resolved not to favor. The leprechaun's fright was so genuine now that the Phoenix relented and let him go. The poor man had been almost out of his mind with fright since he had seen the proa. Minos is a sour old gentleman, without the least smattering of the bon ton, and I am in a fright for you. Kasper is so fascinated that involuntarily he hums as well, but wakes with a start of fright at hearing his own rough voice. And jackeen told me after that it had laid hold on his trousers, and he didn't sleep all night with the fright he got. Out of his puniness and fright he challenged and menaced the whole wide world. Show More Sentences I must confess that I gave your husband and his colleagues a terrible fright the other night. Sir Lawrence Olivier struggled with debilitating stage fright for five years unbeknownst to his audience. The involuntary look of horror, fright and aversion, with which the girl regarded him, did not escape his eye. They were so weak from fright that they could not walk, but had to sit down on the way. He said he did not care if the bondi got a little fright from what he saw. Before they recover from their fright and reassemble, let us find a way out of their damnable temple. He'd be dead of fright before morning, he's so mortally afraid of Ghosts. Her fright left her trembling, with haggard eyes in her pale face. The two elder brothers would have pulled it down, in order to see how the poor ants in their fright would run about and carry off their eggs. What had taken fright we knew not, but we did know that we had squabbled. She screamed with fright as he seized her dress in his teeth and dragged on it till the frail fabric tore away. Does this mean stage fright will now be treated at the sexual health clinic? I've always been musical but I had chronic stage fright which is why I never did anything. The maid nearly died of fright and one of the troopers with us was wounded. Passepartout could not behold without a certain fright these women, charged, in groups, with conferring happiness on a single Mormon. I should die of misery and fright and loneliness in this awful jungle. But their scary front man has been roped in by the BBC to give Doctor Who viewers a proper fright this series. Mariel was shaking his head, his little eyes nearly popping with fright. Fortunately, she was unscathed, and it was fright alone that had overcome Teresa. Una swam forward, and, reckless with fright now, shouted again. Show More Sentences It left Blue Blazes ridged with welts, trembling, fright sickened. Philander to regain the balance which the sudden fright had so perilously endangered. In the act of dipping forward as if I were going to bathe among the horses, I woke in a fright and took the question up again. Old Mother Wyandotte was right near them, clucking in fright. If a peeler was to take their names, they'd be shiverin' with fright. I find we are in a great fright about plunket's motion on the 16th. Skidder, from the fright caused by possible eviction, would pay something on his rent. My master went with me to the smith's forge, to see that I was not hurt or got any fright. She was parrylized with fright, but she went, and oh, what do you think he did? Now, with his head upon the woman's shoulder, he moaned and wept with pain and fright. When he returned the fright that had been in his eyes was beginning to be replaced by doubt. And she recoiled with fright on seeing Denis seated there and writing. Such a fright have I had this morrow, I may scantly hold my pen. A look of fright and joy came into Mrs. Vincent's dulling eyes. I saw that she was on the point of fainting with fright and indignation. To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence. It is nothing but nervousness and fright at that horrible firing. They say that at Sevastopol, soon after Alma, the clever people were in a terrible fright that the enemy would attack openly and take Sevastopol at once. Yet these, perhaps, instead of being the unsuppressable symptoms of some latent weakness, or fright at his own resolve, were but the plainest tokens of its intensity. He instantly put spurs to his steed, and scoured off followed by the panic-stricken herd, their fright being increased by the yells of the savages in their rear. Show More Sentences Though there was no explosive in it, it gave us a great fright. With Halloween falling on a Saturday and the witching hour set to cast its spell on partygoers, why not fire up fright night with some crafty cocktails and wicked wines? I said he could make up his mind to it that we would do a deed before we were a week older which would make the hair of the timid curl with fright. Once, in a fit of irritation with a Candiot who stammered out of sheer fright, the captain had ordered him to be hanged. An ape-man ran past them, gibbering, mad with fright, and dived to the track. Agatha studied Irene's apathetical face, and wondered how she could have changed into such a fright. Her fright, the noises from the boiler room, all had seemed a kind of nightmare. He seemed to be in the last extremity of fright, with a face the color of clay and his limbs all ashake as one who hath an ague. Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright. It's a mercy that you turn pink with fright, not green like the sea-green Robespierre. On through the night plunged the driverless coach, the horses mad with fright. Whittington, apparently unharmed, was chalky and stuttering from fright. Mad with rage and fright, he clawed and bit at the neck of his captor. A squirrel, running around the base of the trunk, came full upon him, and gave him a great fright. In its fright, it had probably mistaken us for a band of buffalo. The Nubian, taken completely by surprise, began to chatter with fright. You and I know that he died of sheer fright, and we know also what frightened him, but how are we to get twelve stolid jurymen to know it. She stayed motionless, with gaze riveted upon her child, and her face the picture of fright. It was the other Godolphin runner, Kinglet, who gave the winner the biggest fright, closing fast under Mickael Barzalona to get within half a length. Was not Saul of Tarsus converted from unbelief by a similar fright? Show More Sentences But the man's face was all bedewed with the sweat of fright, and never again, I wot, was he found so close to Sherwood Forest as he had been this day. Find more words! 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