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
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 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
Not every scare serves to scar — some can even edify.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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