Examples of scare in a Sentence
Verb
You scared me. I didn't see you there.
Stop that, you're scaring the children.
Noun
There have been scares about the water supply being contaminated.
fired over their heads in order to throw a scare into them
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The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Countless horror films scare audiences with the simplicity of a foreign entity trying to defile the sanctity of the home.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Despite the health scare, Dimon has not slowed by a longshot.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The pitching scares me a little bit, but that’s true of every postseason team.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Countless horror films scare audiences with the simplicity of a foreign entity trying to defile the sanctity of the home.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
While the Steelers dominated the game most of the way, the Vikings made a run late and gave them a scare.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Despite the health scare, Dimon has not slowed by a longshot.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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