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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Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Effectively scaring a bear also reinforces the person as dominant in an encounter, so the bear learns to avoid people.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The event will have four scare zones, essentially outdoor, queue-free haunts.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Some, scared off by the complexity of picking a policy and by the price tags, tumble over the edge and go without insurance in a health system where the rate for an emergency room visit can be thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Effectively scaring a bear also reinforces the person as dominant in an encounter, so the bear learns to avoid people.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
After a barrage of freaky, teasing scares, and a lot of ominous attention directed at Alex’s house, where something evil is clearly going on, Weapons gambles on providing solutions.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
The event will have four scare zones, essentially outdoor, queue-free haunts.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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