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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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The event culminated with a massive amount of fireworks being set off to scare away bad spirits.
—Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Julian Givi, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
The Warriors struggled with their long range shooting for much of the game before finally finding some touch early in the fourth quarter to put a scare in the home team before the Lakers pulled away for good.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026
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Verb
An official designation like that, which would be a rare move by the Pentagon, could scare even private sector customers away from Anthropic and threaten its business prospects just as the company prepares for an initial public offering later this year.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The event culminated with a massive amount of fireworks being set off to scare away bad spirits.
—Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
But the backlash was strongest when audiences expected personal effort – a boss expressing sympathy after a tragedy, or a note sent to all staff members celebrating a colleague’s recovery from a health scare.
—Julian Givi, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
The Warriors struggled with their long range shooting for much of the game before finally finding some touch early in the fourth quarter to put a scare in the home team before the Lakers pulled away for good.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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