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Example sentences for: spooked

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It spooked the market because Greenspan mentioned the reality of market panics, and because he linked "Dutch tulip bulbs" with "Russian equities."
The White House is so spooked by the prospect of Lewinsky cooperating, believes Jane Mayer ( Washington Week in Review ), that it is beginning a quiet smear campaign against her.
] This spooked Yankees, who feared that he knew something they didn't.
The process iterates, bringing more and more investors aboard, until someone gets spooked about finding a speculating skeptic or an idiotic optimist who will continue the game.
It gets to you, this movie--gets you titillated, then spooked, then suffused with righteous fury.