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  • I questioned her, anxiously, frightenedly; and she, nestling closer, explained, in that strange, faraway voice, that it was imperative she should leave me, before the Sun of Darkness — as she termed it — blotted out the light.

    The House on the Borderland 2007

  • At this, I gave up all thoughts of those prodigious Shapes above me — and could only stare, frightenedly, at the tremendous structure, towards which I was being conveyed so remorselessly.

    The House on the Borderland 2007

  • The dog moves in his kennel, and whimpers, frightenedly.

    The House on the Borderland 2007

  • I turned my head stiffly over to the left, glancing frightenedly behind me, and flashing the light to help my eyes.

    Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 2007

  • The sheep were in the stairwell, milling frightenedly at the edge of the top stair, and it was too bad it wasn't a cliff.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • She glanced frightenedly around, then with her finger raised, she whispered:

    The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

  • The horse swerved frightenedly to one side, but Tom swung in the same direction.

    Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton

  • Chattering frightenedly, he rushed at Greg, plunged through him, collided with the wall of the ship and toppled over, feebly attempting to rise.

    Empire Clifford D. Simak 1946

  • Her arms fell from him and she stared frightenedly.

    Erik Dorn Ben Hecht 1929

  • Some of the roomers were awake and looking sleepily and frightenedly out of their doorways.

    A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929

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