How to Use fright in a Sentence

fright

noun

• Her eyes were wide with fright.
• So, amidst the fright, Googlegeist did have some bright spots.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2022
• Princess the cat’s tail was bushy with fright, and Fluffy the dog was barking.
  — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 25 June 2019
• That seems to be the message of this dumb found-footage fright flick.
  — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 8 May 2018
• As Anne screamed with fright, the man escaped through the ceiling.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2020
• All of the listeners jumped in fright at the end of his story.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2019
• This season has been a little less fright-filled for the Huskies than many in the past.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Oct. 2022
• All good things must come to an end, and this moment flamed out with a fright.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2019
• Corman cranked out frights on the cheap, but he wasn’t known for betting on artists.
  — Mickey Rapkin, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2018
• No one wants the little ones in tears, or up all night from a too-intense fright.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2020
• But the kid proves that the apple can fall a long way from the tree, responding to threats with fright and flight, not fight.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 30 July 2021
• The next morning the house looks like an absolute fright.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
• While the trailer may be fake, the frights can still be real — see for yourself.
  — Sarah Grace Hart, Teen Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• The initial haunt for the fright fest will be called Dead Vines, according to the theme park’s website.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 13 July 2021
• The Haunted Basement moves to the mall this year, but promises plenty of frights.
  — Liv Martin, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2019
• Halloween shouldn’t have been a fright night for Live Nation.
  — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2019
• This is a great show for anyone looking for a fright, and anyone who wants to feel young and old at the same time.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Oct. 2022
• The one about the road home always gives me a most satisfying fright.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• But fat is flavor, and the key is to have the fright amount of fat, which also serves as a binder for the rest of the ingredients.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2019
• The scariest villains from 80s horror flicks are back for one last fright.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• The 5-year-old had grabbed a knife and was scaling a tree, giggling with excited fright.
  — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021
• For Tandy, the fright left him more curious than ever about ghosts.
  — Jake Bittle, Popular Science, 6 Oct. 2020
• The best Halloween movies for kids meet them at their preferred fright level.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
• He can be positioned on the covered ground or even a planter on the porch, or hung for a surprise fright from above.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022
• For many people, the last year was full of fright and uncertainty.
  — Wendy Fox Weber, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2021
• Its title implies fright but also winks at the show’s droll tone.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 June 2019
• Bialystok padded in fright like a Christmas star stored away in its box.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• Here’s to waking up fresh-faced and fright-less on November 1.
  — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• But a Forsyth County couple awoke with a fright, as something was moving about their house in the night.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2019
• Some spectators ran while others sat or crouched in the stands amid shouts of fright and concern.
  — Andy Rose and Jason Hanna, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024