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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Editorial, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Sizable jury verdicts scare entities into expensive settlements, which raises the risk pool’s reinsurance costs and trickles down to members.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
The singer explained that the health scare impacted her ability to both speak and sing.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
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Verb
Stop using implausible scenarios to scare young people and the gullible with claims about global catastrophe due to future global temperature increases.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Sizable jury verdicts scare entities into expensive settlements, which raises the risk pool’s reinsurance costs and trickles down to members.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
Obsession uses the fear of confrontation to its advantage, translating that anxiety into genuine scares.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
The singer explained that the health scare impacted her ability to both speak and sing.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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