How to use "fright" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "fright" in popular movie and book plots

  • Norman faints from fright and Robin flees, thinking that she killed him.  - Wives and Other Wives
  • He wakes in a fright and squeezes the hand of his husband (James Ferguson) for comfort.  - Claire (film)
  • Beatrix is about to run in fright when the sanctuary gates close miraculously, and she finds herself imprisoned in the cathedral.  - Das Mirakel (1912 film)
  • Liz runs away in fright just as Conrad appears from behind and shoots Buzz to death.  - The Funhouse (novel)
  • He in fright yelps and runs into his hole.  - Fraidy Cat (film)
  • When Christine gets home she is confronted by the dwarf and faints from fright and is carried off.  - The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film)
  • However, a swimming Sharptooth attacks, and in the confusion and fright which follows, they end up on the island again.  - The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
  • Kevin commits himself to helping Violet overcome her stage fright so that she can sell her music.  - Coyote Ugly (film)
  • Amy and the Santa mannequin both help Jessica overcome her stage fright and put on a convincing performance that wow's the crowd.  - A Mom for Christmas
  • Higgins's wife Martha (Evelyn), who is deaf and mute, dies of fright after weird, apparently supernatural events have occurred in her room.  - The Tingler
  • But her performance is understandably somewhat of a failure as she is overcome by stage fright and only manages a few lines of song.  - Little Voice (film)
  • His two slaves, his neighbours and his children take fright and they plead with him to come back down to earth.  - Peace (play)
  • He tries to eat Jack, but Billina, hiding in Jack's head, lays an egg in fright and it falls into the Nome King's mouth.  - Return to Oz
  • Meanwhile, Garth has stage fright during the concert.  - Wayne's World 2
  • Its fright is mistaken by Frankenstein and Waldman as an attempt to attack them, and it is chained in the dungeon.  - Frankenstein (1931 film)
  • Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently fleeing from something in fright when he died.  - The Hound of the Baskervilles

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