Sand and water rose towards them at a frightening rate.

Yet the icy cold water continued to pour in at a frightening rate.

Black women, for example, are becoming infected at a frightening rate.

She loses grunts at a frightening rate, far beyond the allow- able.

What's more, additional environmental problems are arising at a frightening rate.

Financial troubles were not far behind, and by the end of 1981 the company was "burning" cash at a frightening rate.

Furthermore, the statistics include a frightening rate of sick leave.

The planet's resources are being used up at a frightening rate and last year's global warming was part of a continuing trend.

They were all three descending at a fair but not frightening rate, and that was satisfactory.