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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Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
The idea of a tube up my tuchus didn’t scare me, nor did the notorious prep of drinking a foul-tasting liquid to cleanse your intestinal tract.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The editorial board then throws in the new scare tactic for good measure at the end, claiming that there is some terrifying epidemic of puking, screaming and hospitalizations as the result of THC use (relying on spotty data, none of which has been linked to THC beverages).
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Because of the silence, the Californian and her pack don’t scare away the plethora of wildlife on the trail, many animals which most people could only hope to see.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
The idea of a tube up my tuchus didn’t scare me, nor did the notorious prep of drinking a foul-tasting liquid to cleanse your intestinal tract.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, has faced several health scares in recent years.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The editorial board then throws in the new scare tactic for good measure at the end, claiming that there is some terrifying epidemic of puking, screaming and hospitalizations as the result of THC use (relying on spotty data, none of which has been linked to THC beverages).
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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