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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Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The goal is apparently not to win in court but to scare professionals away from doing their work in ways that are unfavorable to him and his agenda.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Levi Weaver, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The star behind Gloria on Modern Family shared one image and two videos of her health scare to social media.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Just enough time to snap some selfies and scare your housemates.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The goal is apparently not to win in court but to scare professionals away from doing their work in ways that are unfavorable to him and his agenda.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Now that Tarik Skubal’s health scare appears to be no biggie, the Tigers are golden … right?
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The star behind Gloria on Modern Family shared one image and two videos of her health scare to social media.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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