Word: frighted
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More than once the bull had seemed about to die of fright at the scary look of the world. But like the great U.S. industrial boom, which had been prematurely buried time & again, he had refused to play dead...
Fire. His wife arrived and peered down the hole in fright. He reassured her. But the police sent for a doctor and a priest. Oxygen was piped down the hole. Big floodlights were brought in; they threw a harsh, garish light over the scene and heated the air until the toiling cops were wet with sweat. At 8:30 there was a terrible interruption. A lighted cigarette was lowered down the well in a tin can; a few minutes after it reached the bottom there was an explosion-apparently caused by oxygen and seeping gasoline fumes. Fire filled the well...
...Science does not grow because of superheated patriotism . . . The essential detachment and creative process involved cannot be hurried by imposing fright, coercion or high pressure upon scientists...
Hugh Raphael started the game for the Funsters and was kept on the mound in spite of six runs scored against him in the first inning. The Dunster nine suffered a case of defensive stage fright, and when two hits, a dropped fly ball, a bad throw from the outfield, four bases on balls, a hit batsman, and several wild pitches had transpired, the Bellboys were sitting comfortably on top of all the lead they needed...
Mack and Bill, slated to say, "Polly Wants Dave Black," forget their lines. Black explained that they were suffering from stage fright but that they will deliver today when they get used to 1100 freshman...