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Meanings of very frightening in English

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Usage of very frightening in English
1
It must be very frightening to feel you're not being supported.
The Guardian
2
That was my first night…and it was very frightening for me.
BBC
3
There is something about the middle of this tunnel that is very frightening.
Ghosts
4
I am an eight-year-old girl and I don't think Goosebumps is very frightening.
The Irish Times
5
He had witnessed at first hand a very frightening and dangerous situation, he said.
The Irish Times
6
For an extended period of time, they've been exposed to a very frightening situation.
Radio NZ
7
So the group is clearly going to be a very frightening prospect all together.
The Irish Times
8
Coopers Beach residents said it was a very frightening experience.
Radio NZ
9
It was very frightening, approaching the unseen and unknown .
Metro 2033
10
A couple of years after we moved into the new house, something very frightening happened.
The art of racing in the rain
11
On arrival at Dublin Airport yesterday the Irish holiday-makers described the incident as very frightening.
The Irish Times
12
All of this could be taken just like that.' And that's very frightening to me.
News.com.au
13
We live in baffling, distressing and very frightening times.
The Irish Times
14
It could be very frightening..... Now you're scaring me.'
The Mantooth
15
We were five girls and it was very frightening.
The Guardian
16
Seeing the same plan enacted on a national scale is " very frightening," she said.
The Guardian
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Very frightening through the time
Very frightening across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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