Synonyms
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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Jenn Budd, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
In theaters, Ryan Reynolds stars in IF, directed by John Krasinski; Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau lead the comedy Babes; Marisa Abela portrays Amy Winehouse in the biopic, Back to Black; and the first entry in the new horror franchise The Strangers is hoping to scare audiences.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 13 May 2024
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Verb
In the meantime, politicians — with the help of Border Patrol — continue to scare voters into supporting them.
—Jenn Budd, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
In theaters, Ryan Reynolds stars in IF, directed by John Krasinski; Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau lead the comedy Babes; Marisa Abela portrays Amy Winehouse in the biopic, Back to Black; and the first entry in the new horror franchise The Strangers is hoping to scare audiences.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 13 May 2024
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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