frightened

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And thou wert frightened--frightened by yon peasant woman.

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  • Fierce-frightened is a slave, not because her nature is slavish (now, that might have been a nice trope on Sybil), but because, post-head-trauma, Essa has been captured and sold as a slave in the very palace where she was born to rule, the very palace she fled as a girl years before. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 02 - August 1997
  • So Miss Bradley started to move--frightened, fascinated, the nape of her neck getting cool--to a spot where she could see the screen And now Dan screamed. —  175 - The Pure Evil
  • He ran to her, frightened, and she held him close. —  Marv wolfman - Superman Returns
  • The mules also became frightened, and breaking loose from their fastenings stampeded directly towards the enemy. —  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant v2
  • Their faces were pale, frightened, and they seemed overawed by the magnificence of the giant building They trudged for the elevators, Aunt Nora in the lead, strong jaw thrust out Slick gave his brain a mental whipping. —  009 - The Czar of Fear
 

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