The affrighters who prowled the abandoned fairground left the town shaken and wary.

The crone's affrightful tale sent shivers down the children's spines, even as they laughed nervously.

Why affrightest thou me with such stories?

At the sudden creak of the old door, the timid child shrank back, for the shadow upon the wall affrighteth him more than any tale.

The sudden clap of thunder affrightens the picnic crowd.

The old soldier's ghastly tales did more to affrighten the recruits than any drill.

Thunder was affrightening the children, and several of them clung to their mother's skirts.

The affrightened child clutched his mother's hand as thunder rolled across the sky.

She spun affrightedly when the floorboards creaked behind her.

She listened affrightfully to the wind, convinced it carried whispers of long-forgotten spirits.