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Definition of "frightens" []

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten. (verb)

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Use "frightens" in a sentence
  • "What is it, Millie, that you are turning over in your mind, which makes you look so desperately sad and fearful, and again -- and then your expression frightens me -- so determined as if you were meditating some step, which, I fear, you ought not to take?"
  • "In France the authority of that journal is indeed supreme; but its very title frightens the general public, and its blue cover is but seldom seen on the tables of the _salles de lecture_."
  • "Black Bear Scare: Roaming bruin frightens Florida suburbanites"