affright

She felt the novelty of her position, indeed, but no longer with disturbance or affright.

In the startled ear of night how they scream out their affright!

My poor sister looked at the counsellor with affright.

Poem 112 (Where bells no more affright the morn -).

He then sent two more, one of whom, hurrying back in confusion and affright, told him that the whole British army was at hand.

A mixture of affright would now have made it the very expression of the portrait.

Such incursions struck the English with affright, in all those towns where there was still sufficient population to feel the change.

He looked in wonder and affright from the woman who questioned him to the other whose arm he clutched.

It was the affright of the priest in the presence of a new agent, the printing press.

Then there was a cry of affright in the night, that became an uproar and assailed the sky.

He leered at the girl, who, in affright, shrank nearer her companion.

Surely, here was new cause for affright.

What eyes can weep the sorrows and affright?

These from their caverns, at the close of night, Fill the sad isle with horror and affright.

But both died of affright when they found themselves being transported from stead to stead.

I am quite Bewildered with affright!

Talk is her business, and her chief delight To tell of prodigies and cause affright.

They all started up in affright, and rushing to the hall found the gentlemen-at-arms in consternation also.

All these shews of despair struck Perdita with affright.

I felt a brush affright.

Breathless with affright and desperation, I stood, freed from his grasp; unassailed; untouched.

The war at hand appears with more affright, And rises ev'ry moment to the sight.

Does the rising sun affright.

Now some of the nuns clung together and sobbed in their affright, and some were silent.

"The old custom of shaking hands fell into such general disuse, that many shrank back with affright at even the offer of a hand."