How to Use fright in a Sentence

fright

noun

• Her eyes were wide with fright.
• So, amidst the fright, Googlegeist did have some bright spots.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2022
• At that scale, chocolate prices hit with much more of a fright.
  — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
• Scary Christmas to all, and to all a good fright.
  — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
• All good things must come to an end, and this moment flamed out with a fright.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2019
• Princess the cat’s tail was bushy with fright, and Fluffy the dog was barking.
  — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 25 June 2019
• Corman cranked out frights on the cheap, but he wasn’t known for betting on artists.
  — Mickey Rapkin, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2018
• No one wants the little ones in tears, or up all night from a too-intense fright.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 30 Sep. 2022
• All of the listeners jumped in fright at the end of his story.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2019
• They were not used to being hunted and had quickly got over their fright.
  — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
• As Anne screamed with fright, the man escaped through the ceiling.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2020
• While the trailer may be fake, the frights can still be real — see for yourself.
  — Sarah Grace Hart, Teen Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• For bones, spirits, and some menacing dolls, here’s where to go for a fright.
  — Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
• This season has been a little less fright-filled for the Huskies than many in the past.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Oct. 2022
• The one about the road home always gives me a most satisfying fright.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• Halloween shouldn’t have been a fright night for Live Nation.
  — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2019
• Bialystok padded in fright like a Christmas star stored away in its box.
  — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• For Tandy, the fright left him more curious than ever about ghosts.
  — Jake Bittle, Popular Science, 6 Oct. 2020
• For many people, the last year was full of fright and uncertainty.
  — Wendy Fox Weber, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2021
• The best Halloween movies for kids meet them at their preferred fright level.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
• Not all the scares and frights and bumps in the night are imaginary on Halloween.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
• When the lovebirds return from their honeymoon, they are met with quite a fright!
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
• Some spectators ran while others sat or crouched in the stands amid shouts of fright and concern.
  — Andy Rose and Jason Hanna, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
• The scariest villains from 80s horror flicks are back for one last fright.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• This is a great show for anyone looking for a fright, and anyone who wants to feel young and old at the same time.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Oct. 2022
• But the kid proves that the apple can fall a long way from the tree, responding to threats with fright and flight, not fight.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 30 July 2021
• Here’s to waking up fresh-faced and fright-less on November 1.
  — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
• The 5-year-old had grabbed a knife and was scaling a tree, giggling with excited fright.
  — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021
• He can be positioned on the covered ground or even a planter on the porch, or hung for a surprise fright from above.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022
• Global stockmarkets took fright at the trade news, none more so than in China.
  — The Economist, 23 June 2018