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Meanings of frighten children in inglés

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Usage of frighten children in inglés
1
Perhaps she might become, in time, a story with which to frighten children.
Complete Books of Blood
2
These stories about ghosts are told generally to frighten children or timid persons.
Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 / An Explanation of the Baltimore Cat...
3
It is a story to frighten children with; but no man can believe it.
South Sea Tales
4
Your death would be a parable to frighten children with.
Complete Books of Blood
5
Don't frighten children at bus stops with pictures of monsters' faces painted in blood.
The Irish Times
6
Such are the bogies with which nurses frighten children.
The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendun...
7
He likes to frighten children with his ugly face.
Say you're one of them
8
Used to frighten children to mind their manners.
The Tarn of Eternity
9
According to another version of the play, some mothers used Herne as a bogeyman to frighten children:
The folklore of discworld
10
Should I ever want a helm to frighten children, this will be the first place I visit.
A Game of Thrones
11
Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae,-bugbearsto frighten children.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
12
That is a word to frighten children.
For the Term of His Natural Life
13
He did it to frighten children.
Old Caravan Days
14
You act too much the noble, and you appear too much the superstitious hearth story told to frighten children.
Sister of the dead
15
These are not Sunday-school stories invented to frighten children; the facts occurred, and were heralded broadcast throughout the land.
Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
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A threat to frighten children.
Second Foundation
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