But Wendy was a quiet, shy child who-like the dogs-evidently found me too strange and potentially frightening to warm up to, on short acquaintance.

She was in the market for an M.C. who could use humor to draw the audience into a potentially frightening place.

For adopted children, those issues often have potentially frightening implications.

Most reports contained computerized interpretations that were voluminous, bizarre, and potentially frightening to patients.

It also triggers thoughts of a more concrete, and potentially frightening, nature.

Cassi, of all people, knew how much his mother nagged him without anyone giving her such a potentially frightening subject.

People with phobias usually experience intense anxiety and avoid potentially frightening situations.

Many reviewers have specifically noted the potentially frightening aspects of the movie.

Unless the date fields are changed to reflect the arrival of the new century, computers will interpret "00" as 1900, with potentially frightening results.

This technology is both amazing and potentially frightening.