: thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic
scared of snakes
scared to go out
Examples of scared in a Sentence
I am really scared about speaking in front of the class.
He was scared that his mother wouldn't let him go to the movies with his friends.
She's scared to walk alone at night.
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There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip to the intensive care unit, and the hospital staffers — from Latin America, Somalia, Myanmar and elsewhere — too scared to come to work.
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Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip to the intensive care unit, and the hospital staffers — from Latin America, Somalia, Myanmar and elsewhere — too scared to come to work.
—Tim Sullivan, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2026
People tend to get very scared about, 'Oh, this person's going to hijack into my wireless earbuds and steal my data and listen to my phone calls or read my text messages,' but that situation is actually very difficult to happen.
—Rick Ritter, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Put her face to the wall, making scared and miserable noises.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
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Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip to the intensive care unit, and the hospital staffers — from Latin America, Somalia, Myanmar and elsewhere — too scared to come to work.
—Tim Sullivan, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2026
People tend to get very scared about, 'Oh, this person's going to hijack into my wireless earbuds and steal my data and listen to my phone calls or read my text messages,' but that situation is actually very difficult to happen.
—Rick Ritter, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Put her face to the wall, making scared and miserable noises.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scared
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“Scared.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scared. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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