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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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Rats, also dislike the acidic odor in vinegar, and ammonia smells similar to predator urine, which can scare them away.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
While there was a scare due to the injury, Green Bay has received good news regarding its injured star.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Verb
During today’s announcement, Kennedy at least acknowledged the trade-offs inherent in scaring pregnant Americans off Tylenol, and allowed that, sometimes, using it is unavoidable.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Rats, also dislike the acidic odor in vinegar, and ammonia smells similar to predator urine, which can scare them away.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
In the time since releasing 2021’s Justice, Bieber had been dealing with a series of career setbacks and health scares.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
While there was a scare due to the injury, Green Bay has received good news regarding its injured star.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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