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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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
Scared of monsters under the bed, scared to go to school, scared of everything — that was sweet, gentle Juliet.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Sporting got a scare from tournament darlings Bodo/Glimt in their round of 16 matchup, losing 3-0 in Norway but coming back with a clear 5-0 win in their home game in Portugal.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Verb
That distinction, between desensitization and normalization, is crucial to how Goldhaber and Mazzei approach scares in the digital age.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
Scared of monsters under the bed, scared to go to school, scared of everything — that was sweet, gentle Juliet.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
However, the Royals appear to have dodged an injury scare.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Sporting got a scare from tournament darlings Bodo/Glimt in their round of 16 matchup, losing 3-0 in Norway but coming back with a clear 5-0 win in their home game in Portugal.
—Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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