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  • Affrighted, she followed him; but not one of her papers remained.

    Camilla 2008

  • Affrighted negroes wistfully eyed their masters and retired, and hummed and whispered with one another.

    The Virginians 2006

  • Affrighted, she tried to peer over her shoulder, and gave a preliminary shriek.

    The Getting of Wisdom 2003

  • Affrighted, we all sprang into the sea as the ship at last loomed into view, bearing right down upon us within a distance of not much more than its length.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Affrighted with my sins and the burden of my misery, I had cast in my heart, and had purposed to flee to the wilderness: but Thou forbadest me, and strengthenedst me, saying, Therefore Christ died for all, that they which live may now no longer live unto themselves, but unto Him that died for them.

    The Confessions 1999

  • In answer to The Blockade of Boston, staged by the British during the siege, they put on their own farce, The Blockheads: or, the Affrighted Officers, which portrayed the British as cowards and rather unpleasantly mocked the scarcities the blockade had obliged them to endure.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • In answer to The Blockade of Boston, staged by the British during the siege, they put on their own farce, The Blockheads: or, the Affrighted Officers, which portrayed the British as cowards and rather unpleasantly mocked the scarcities the blockade had obliged them to endure.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • Affrighted, Gloha spread her wings, about to take flight.

    Harpy Thyme Anthony, Piers, 1934- 1994

  • Affrighted, the little wanderer spread its wings, as if to soar away; but, weak and faint, it sank fluttering in my outstretched hands.

    Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Charles W. Sanders

  • Affrighted mothers stray about the vast house, and cling fast to the doors and print them with kisses.

    The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

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