adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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Joan Halton used her husband to express the emotional greed of which she was so frightened in herself.
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The boy stared at its departing form, amazed that the bird should be so frightened .
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There could have been a serious road accident with a dozen or so frightened animals careering about country lanes.
too
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Waiters would appear shortly, if they weren't too frightened of Quiss being in a bad mood.
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D.H. And no criticism of the drugs or medical regime because they're too frightened .
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But she's too frightened to go back home.
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They're all too frightened to talk ... both families want to be moved out of Oxford.
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Some one must have buried them when they were too frightened to hand them in to the police station.
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I wanted to scream and scream but I was too frightened .
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Female speaker I was too frightened , all I heard was 3 shots, a bump and a scream.
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Although she was just yards from the safety of nearby houses she was too frightened to call out.
very
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He was very frightened of the spirits and they ran after him in his dreams.
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It was a very frightened and concerned decade indeed.
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I knew he was getting out soon so I was very frightened .
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The girl upstairs, who was already very frightened , felt desperate when she heard the terrible things they were shouting.
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He says that the car kept going - then three other flashes were seen - everyone was very frightened .
■ NOUN
child
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Marina is a new Anne Frank, one of 80,000 frightened children caught in an ugly, vicious siege.
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Firemen eventually managed to untangle the frightened child from the bars by prising them apart.
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They become the parent, the patient the helpless and often frightened child .
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He observed her narrow hands as she touched the frightened child with light, reassuring caresses.
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The colour went from their six faces, and they caught hold of each other like frightened children .
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Without another word, Bert Rafferty gently picked up the frightened child and made towards the cliff.
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And who even in the hour of his death had time to spare for a frightened child .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
afraid/frightened/scared etc of your own shadow
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a frightened animal
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A lot of people are frightened of dentists.
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Alice kept perfectly still, frightened that the dog might attack her.
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Are you frightened of the dark?
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Don't be frightened , it's only thunder.
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He was frightened of making mistakes.
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I was frightened my parents would get divorced, and wished that there was something I could do to make them happy again.
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I was frightened to move in case the branch broke.
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Two frightened children were hiding in a corner of the room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I was frightened in case anyone came in.
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She stared up into the big frightened eyes.
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She stepped off the pavement, and a car with squealing brakes drove her back again, frightened and flustered.
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She was frightened , and she sank to the ground.