fear-inspiring

Updated: May 8, 2025

Around bend after bend in the small stream the little flotilla proceeded cautiously, and ever, as they progressed, the stream became narrower and more fear-inspiring. In some of the boats men began to grumble. Jack turned and called out angrily: "Silence!" Then he added more companionably: "It's all right, men. Where men have gone before men can go now without fear of the unknown.

Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes - The Boy Allies under Two Flags