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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Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Later, Pennywise takes on the guise of the man in order to scare Eddie.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
After a practice last month in Los Angeles, sitting in a folding chair that looked minuscule by comparison to his outsized frame, Wembanyama suggested his strong start wasn't a statement of gratitude after his health scare.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
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Verb
And if the role scares you a little and excites you a lot?
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Later, Pennywise takes on the guise of the man in order to scare Eddie.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Noun
The Wisconsin native had previously won the 1992 driver’s championship in dramatic style, beating Bill Elliott (who survived an aviation scare) in what was the closest title race in history.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
After a practice last month in Los Angeles, sitting in a folding chair that looked minuscule by comparison to his outsized frame, Wembanyama suggested his strong start wasn't a statement of gratitude after his health scare.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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