Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "skrik" is 'n skielike intense gevoel van vrees, angs of alarm. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n bron of oorsaak van vrees of terreur, soos 'n angswekkende ervaring of gebeurtenis.
Passepartout could not behold without a certain fright these women, charged, in groups, with conferring happiness on a single Mormon.
While they stood scanning the sea of tents before them Waterstone suddenly jumped in fright, but quickly gave a short sigh of relief.
I flinch in fright, feeling a tear escape the corner of my eye.
But the moment Sancho quitted his beast to go and help Don Quixote, the dancing devil with the bladders jumped up on Dapple, and beating him with them, more by the fright and the noise than by the pain of the blows, made him fly across the fields towards the village where they were going to hold their festival.
Rocinante took fright at the noise of the water and of the blows, but quieting him Don Quixote advanced step by step towards the houses, commending himself with all his heart to his lady, imploring her support in that dread pass and enterprise, and on the way commending himself to God, too, not to forget him.
Suddenly, both boys gasped, stepping back in startled fright when, out of the shadows, trotted Arthur on his horse, dressed in his tunic and cloak, and sporting an armor chest plate that gleamed brightly under the streetlights.
I clapped my hands over my mouth to keep from screaming in fright and frustration.
Its passage was marked by ruffled feathers, grunts of discomfort from a passing badger, and starts of fright from various, completely innocent night creatures in the woods.
He reached a hand up towards Claudio, eliciting a cry of fright and a flinch, but he only set his hand gently on the mirror.
It was just Alex, but the fright he gave me was all my stomach could take.
