How to Use scared in a Sentence

scared

adjective

• She's scared to walk alone at night.
• He was scared that his mother wouldn't let him go to the movies with his friends.
• I am really scared about speaking in front of the class.
• My mom saw the film and was scared about some of the scenes.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• While the OGs in the Web3 space facepalm, the newbies run scared.
  — Michael Peres, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2022
• Four days in she was scared enough to go to the emergency room.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• This is what the regime is scared of — that nobody is afraid any longer.
  — Nick Holdsworth, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
• Like, being scared on stage is not the worst thing that can happen to you in the world.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
• His daughters and wife wear hijab and were scared to leave the house.
  — Ismail Ibrahim, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2023
• Bam Bam is never scared to step on the field and play against the bigger kids.
  — Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• The dry climate, and the wildfires that result, leave him scared and trapped.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• But be warned: This isn't for anyone who's scared of heights.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
• Here’s what autism isn’t, Gross says – something to be scared of or pity.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• Jonathan Bennett is not at all scared to be killed in nasty ways.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• Here are the four things that might have smart investors running scared.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
• But at one point one of the children had gotten scared and was in a playhouse.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
• The victim was scared and convinced to send a large amount of cash to a Texas address through UPS.
  — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• The brick that was thrown at VERS did shatter the glass but scared patrons inside.
  — Zachary Schermele, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2022
• The team then used it to simulate how dinosaurs would have stalked and scared prey.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
• And in 2015 people were scared to use the hashtag Black Lives Matter.
  — Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
• The young actor is scared to say more, or even confirm what LuPone slipped.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 June 2023
• The scared kid who was too afraid to speak his own truth 25 years ago now had a voice and was in a position to use it.
  — Jason Sarlanis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
• Don't be scared: Massage candles are safe and will not burn you.
  — Georgina Kim, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2023
• There was no flooding in their houses; the dogs were just a little scared.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
• The challenge for Washington is to run fast but not run scared.
  — Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• People were really scared of the punch, but that, in fact, was just punch.
  — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
• In my experience, pre-teens and teens love to be scared.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• There’s Washington, but is anyone scared of the Huskies after the last two weeks?
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
• This time, everyone seems too scared to look at him, even when his back is turned.
  — Sandra Song, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• The kids, some are scared, some are quiet, some are crying, some don’t know what’s going on.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024