Example sentences for: spooked

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

  • ] This spooked Yankees, who feared that he knew something they didn't.

  • 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.

  • Maybe they were spooked by Primus' statistical calculations showing some deterioration in the income of the bottom 10 percent of single parents, even though those numbers have been looking a lot better recently.

  • 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.

  • 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.


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