People were genuinely frightened about being left behind.

"It wasn't anything important," the youth assured him, genuinely frightened.

People are genuinely frightened of saying the wrong thing.

And for the first time Alvin was genuinely frightened by what his son had found.

For the first time since he'd met her, she seemed genuinely frightened.

"Now people are genuinely frightened about the risk of something bad happening in 1997."

There were times when I was genuinely frightened of him.

Aubrey didn't want her involved, and Tatsumi seemed genuinely frightened for his very life.

But Carol had been genuinely frightened by the threat.

She also seemed genuinely frightened by the invading mice.