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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Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Don’t let the threat of more rain scare you away from checking out what’s going on around Kansas City.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2026
Fresh off the heels of an injury scare for Joe Ryan and news of a setback for starter Mick Abel, the Minnesota rotation was dealt another blow Saturday.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
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Verb
Shopping malls across Southern California have also struggled to bring sales back as immigration raids continue to scare customers away.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Don’t let the threat of more rain scare you away from checking out what’s going on around Kansas City.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
Noun
Clark also gave fans another injury scare.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2026
Fresh off the heels of an injury scare for Joe Ryan and news of a setback for starter Mick Abel, the Minnesota rotation was dealt another blow Saturday.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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