Scared

Examples

• Look at that, James and Mr. Crawley, cried Mrs. Bute, pointing at the scared figure of the black-eyed, guilty wench. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I hear even Rosedale has been scared by the talk lately, Mrs. Fisher rejoined; but the sight of her last night sent him off his head. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Love looks and longs, and dares not; Passion hovers round, and is kept at bay; Truth and Devotion are scared. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Are you scared again? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In the mean time we were joined by Clara, whose pallid cheek and scared look shewed the deep impression grief had made on her young mind. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• No human intelligence could have read the mysteries of his mind, in the scared blank wonder of his face. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The porter was so scared that he was going to fetch me, but Godfrey stopped him, had a drink of water, and pulled himself together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Both Fox and I were rather scared, and didn't know what was to be the result of the interview. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The nervous terrors and fearful visions which had scared us during the spring, continued to visit our coward troop during this sad journey. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The men looked very sheepish and very scared. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I have tried to help her, but I daresay I did it clumsily, and scared her from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was the father-in-law of Hasdrubal and the father of a boy Hannibal, destined to be the most dreaded enemy that ever scared the Roman Senate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I guess I scared her, Aymo said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He was an undecided, irresolute chap, who had everything but his orphan life scared out of him when he was young. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But sleep did not afford me respite from thought and misery; my dreams presented a thousand objects that scared me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Her eyes looked at him very scared. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Roman populace was even more seriously scared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Becky said, relieved a little, for the information she had just got had scared her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He felt the sweat that came from under his armpits and slid down between his arm and his side and he said to himself, So you are scared, eh? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Twas that I didn't know you in this light, mis'ess; and being a man of the mournfullest make, I was scared a little, that's all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He seemed not so much sorry, as scared and dazed like, by what had happened. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It shall never be said I was scared out of a fair prize without striking a blow for it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• This creature has scared at every thing he has seen to-day, except a haystack. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I was not scared, but I was considerably agitated. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My dear Bella,' replied the cherub, still pathetically scared, 'and my dear John Rokesmith, if you will allow me so to call you--' 'Yes do, Pa, do! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They were wet to the skin and all were scared. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• That is what scared public opinion into some kind of truth-telling. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The man was scared also by the Colonel's dishevelled appearance, and barred the way as if afraid that the other was going to force it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She continued to look at him with a deepening bewilderment: her only clear impression resolved itself into a scared sense of his power. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The officers who ordered these acts, the men who obeyed, must surely have felt scared at the strangeness of the things they did. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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