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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Jermont Terry, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
What scares me most with the world, not just the US, is that the idea of truth is kind of over.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 10 Feb. 2026
Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The editorial board then throws in the new scare tactic for good measure at the end, claiming that there is some terrifying epidemic of puking, screaming and hospitalizations as the result of THC use (relying on spotty data, none of which has been linked to THC beverages).
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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Verb
That scream likely scared off the man who showed no signs of backing off.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
What scares me most with the world, not just the US, is that the idea of truth is kind of over.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, has faced several health scares in recent years.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The editorial board then throws in the new scare tactic for good measure at the end, claiming that there is some terrifying epidemic of puking, screaming and hospitalizations as the result of THC use (relying on spotty data, none of which has been linked to THC beverages).
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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