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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Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
And Iran wouldn’t have to use its diminished capabilities very often to scare investors.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Rachel Barber, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Creator and host Eric André took the late-night talk show, a TV genre with all-too-familiar conventions, and twisted it beyond recognition with harrowing celebrity interviews, person-on-the-street stunts, jump-scare pranks, and gratuitous nudity.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Send other things that are going to help improve the livelihood of everyday Memphians, instead of just scaring them back into the house.
—Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
And Iran wouldn’t have to use its diminished capabilities very often to scare investors.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
An abundance of academic research suggests that surging prices can have a detrimental effect on consumer psyche for years – even decades – after an inflation scare.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Creator and host Eric André took the late-night talk show, a TV genre with all-too-familiar conventions, and twisted it beyond recognition with harrowing celebrity interviews, person-on-the-street stunts, jump-scare pranks, and gratuitous nudity.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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