Words similar to fright

Example sentences for: fright

How can you use “fright” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Mehta's writerly persona, a disarming mixture of the feline and the naive, is perfect for relating the little scandals that worried The New Yorker in the late '70s (plagiarism, frozen turbot), the drama of finding a worthy candidate to succeed the aging Shawn as editor, the purchase of the magazine by the evil Si Newhouse ("We all took fright") and the resultant plague of Gottliebs and Florios visited upon it, and what he sees as the final debacle: Tinaji.
Is Chatterbox incapable of Art House Fright?
It also gives just the slightest salutary fright to colleagues and students.
When ah is drawn out to ahhhhhh! , it evokes deep satisfaction, but spelled as aaaaaah! , it is more a sign of fright.
The men faint, run away, or become deathly ill of susto (fright).