Katia realized that although she was in no danger she was shuddering with fright as well as from the cold.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Lost in Uttar Pradesh'

His face seemed misshapen, and even the tip of his noise, which was nearly always purple, had turned bright blue with fright.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Pinocchio'

On the other hand, sleeping dogs often arise with a fright and may well sink their teeth into you.

FORBES: Broker Wins Expungement of Sleeping Dog Customer Complaint

She too would have had to thread her way gingerly among the pot holes no doubt frightened that her donkey might take fright with all the shouting and shoving.

BBC: Seeing chaos at Christmas

The articles were fawning chronicles of on-set visits, retrospectives of pioneering visionaries, and barely edited interviews with scream queens and fright-film directors.

NEWYORKER: A Psychotronic Childhood

Shares in Ahold, a Dutch supermarket operator with large American operations, recently tumbled after investors took fright at the company's attempt to gloss over an unflattering American accounting treatment in favour of the European one.

ECONOMIST: European companies