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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Allen Best, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
If the bear gets closer, shout and act aggressively to scare it off.
—Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
In circumstances similar to the ones surrounding the Cheboygan Lock and Dam's ongoing failure scare, the Midland area dams were old and undersized, privately owned, poorly maintained and on regulators' radar for years before a massive spring flood destroyed them.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Plus, nobody will careen past you at 110 mph, scaring you spitless.
—Allen Best, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
If the bear gets closer, shout and act aggressively to scare it off.
—Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
The health scare has put things into perspective for the music legend.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
In circumstances similar to the ones surrounding the Cheboygan Lock and Dam's ongoing failure scare, the Midland area dams were old and undersized, privately owned, poorly maintained and on regulators' radar for years before a massive spring flood destroyed them.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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