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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of frightens in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of frightens in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of frightens in a Sentence

  1. Anatole France:

    What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

  2. Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1992:

    Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

  3. David Otto:

    The government has no clue on the potential martyrdom effects this will create, one must be reminded that no amount of punishment frightens a man who is not afraid of death.

  4. Unknown:

    Present your religion to a little child, set him in the midst of those who profess it. If it frightens him, and freezes the smiles on his lips, then whatever sort of religion it is, it is not Christianity.

  5. Scott C. Holstad:

    normalcy? an answer to a crossword puzzle question my body bears the strain of a suicide wannabe the look in my eye turns people away humanity frightens so easily that the words bubble to the top of the lobotomized

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