plain scared
Frequency: 4.53.1 per million words
Emphasizes that someone is simply and completely scared.
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Examples (10)
- He wasn't sick, Sophie decided. He was just plain scared.
- The little girl was plain scared of the dark after watching the horror movie.
- I'm not angry, I'm just plain scared about what might happen next.
- They looked at the approaching storm and were plain scared for their lives.
- She admitted she was plain scared to fly for the first time alone.
- Even the toughest soldiers can be plain scared when facing an unknown enemy.
- When the lights suddenly went out in the old house, we were all plain scared.
- He tried to act brave in front of his friends, but his trembling hands showed he was plain scared.
- Don't try to deny it; you're plain scared of public speaking, and that's okay.
- The stray dog started whimpering and hid under the car, obviously plain scared by the loud fireworks.