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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."
Prudie is fascinated that the problem you're concerned with is your neighbor's knowing about your girlfriend . Usually a man is spooked if his significant other knows about the neighbor!
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.
Rather perplexing that on a day when Lord Greenspan spooked the bond market with talk of a possible--though still only possible--rate hike, bank stocks were doing so well.
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.