Example sentences for: spooked

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

  • Spooked by anything that smacked of "mission creep" or "nation building," the Pentagon resisted sending American troops to Bosnia and has refused to allow them to become involved with refugees, elections, or human rights.

  • Spooked and stricken (that could have been him!)

  • Both mags rehash now-familiar Blair Witch trivia: The filmmakers sent the actors into the woods for eight days with cameras and only a thin plotline for direction, then spooked their stars with nighttime raids.

  • The NYT waits until the 22nd paragraph of its story to explain why Beijing is so spooked by the mystics: Similar groups destabilized the last imperial dynasty, and China fears that Falun Gong could organize China's huge numbers of newly laid-off state employees.

  • A WP "Metro" section story reports that residents of Burkittsville, Md.--home of the Blair Witch in the eponymous film--are thoroughly spooked by the onset of Halloween.


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