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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Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
One great line to defend against and three others that won’t scare opposing head coaches.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Erick Smith, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Fanning flatlines when left to be a solo show as Bertino whacks her around like a pinball, hitting big, loud scares that seem to keep resetting.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Although Fish Hut Grill typically has a line out its door, don't let that scare you away.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
One great line to defend against and three others that won’t scare opposing head coaches.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
As for near scares, Georgia and Mississippi needed second-half combacks to avoid respective sumbles against Auburn and Washington State.
—Erick Smith, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Fanning flatlines when left to be a solo show as Bertino whacks her around like a pinball, hitting big, loud scares that seem to keep resetting.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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