Scaring

For a very long period this was done by what we call scaring or splicing, the neck of the club having a long bevel which was spliced with the shaft and bound round for several inches with black twine. ❋ Harry Vardon (1903)

The whole "Climate Change" cult consists of fanatics who have succeeded in scaring the heck out of most of the gullible masses and convinced them that mankind has control over the climate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He delighted in scaring old ladies into fits by stepping off into the tank with their sons or grandsons and hiding away in here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Republican right wing and the Tea Party folks have been successful in scaring Sen. Graham to stop working with Democrats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Farmers have a natural advantage over big-city haunts in scaring patrons, thanks to the popularity of horror movies set in remote areas like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," says Brady Armour, co-owner of Unit 70 Studios, a Columbus, Ohio, monster maker. ❋ Sarah E. Needleman (2010)

The whole "Climate Change" cult consists of fanatics who have succeeded in scaring the heck out of most of the gullible masses and convinced them t ❋ Unknown (2009)

Recent academic studies have shown that the Bush Brogan program has succeeded in scaring the worst public schools into reforming themselves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One source said: "We succeeded in scaring David Cameron off." ❋ Tim Webb (2010)

The sad fact of the matter is that the Republicans have succeeded in scaring the public about the bill and their success has been total. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They figured the fake soldiers would be sufficient in scaring away any attackers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This year, since we're inducting one new member every week for four different categories, in celebration of the Hall's tenth anniversary, we're going to begin with someone from the League of Themselves - someone who made his name scaring the bejabbers out of the TV audience. ❋ Toby O'B (2009)

These movies have no interest in scaring their audience (and, make no mistake, Hills is not scary), but instead pour their creative energy into devising gritty, realistic ways to torture their characters to death. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hoover's article seems a distant thunder rather than Frankenstein scaring the neighbors. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"A vast industry of mendacity has a vested interest in scaring people witless with front-page shock, TV cops and doom-laden moral panic editorials." ❋ Laban (2005)

When we look at all of this, how successful can we really say the music industry has been in scaring off file sharers, and forcing them to buy CDs or subscribe to “legal” P2P services, such as Rhapsody? ❋ Unknown (2005)

ASAP is banking on just like PEC in scaring people about growth with unfair comparsion. ❋ Unknown (2003)

For the first several decades of the twentieth century the most important tool in scaring and starving remained the warship, able to destroy coastal cities, deliver armies, and blockade nations. ❋ Unknown (2002)