suddenly afraid
Frequency: 7.352.0 per million words
Describes a quick, unexpected onset of fear.
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Examples (20)
- He stopped abruptly, suddenly afraid to say the words out loud.
- He was walking alone in the woods when he became suddenly afraid.
- The child, seeing the large dog, became suddenly afraid and ran to her mother.
- The child was playing happily, but then became suddenly afraid of the dark.
- Hearing a strange noise from the basement, I was suddenly afraid to be alone in the house.
- She felt suddenly afraid as the car veered off the road.
- She looked at the dark, empty street and felt suddenly afraid.
- As the storm intensified, the campers grew suddenly afraid.
- When the turbulence hit, even the seasoned traveler seemed suddenly afraid.
- He was suddenly afraid that he had made the wrong decision.
- He was suddenly afraid that he had made a terrible mistake.
- The old house creaked, and she felt suddenly afraid.
- Why did you look so suddenly afraid when she mentioned the audit?
- He had never experienced anything like it before, and became suddenly afraid.
- Lost in the forest, the hikers grew suddenly afraid as night began to fall.
- The sudden loud noise made the dog suddenly afraid.
- The cat, suddenly afraid of the vacuum cleaner, darted under the sofa.
- She was suddenly afraid that she would fail the exam.
- As he read the threatening letter, he became suddenly afraid for his family's safety.
- He looked at the dark figure in the distance and felt suddenly afraid.