How to Use scary in a Sentence

scary

adjective
  • That may seem a little scary to the rest of the league.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 July 2024
  • The scariest part of this is that the hit was in fact not scary.
    Tracie Canada, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2023
  • No one seems to know, and that might be the scariest part.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the scary part, not just for the Rams — who already have been swept by the 49ers — but the rest of the NFC.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Read on to learn how to watch it for your next scary movie night.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • And while all of the changes can be scary, the best leaders are ready to take them on.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 July 2022
  • Quite scary, With fright-white ghosts and flat-black cats.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
  • That was just unheard of to me and quite frankly very scary.
    Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The sequel is just as chilling and scary as the first film.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Add Lance to that mix right from the start, on a part-time basis, and the 49ers could be scary.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
  • But about halfway through the ride, things took a scary turn.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
  • With Bosa in the building, the defense could be very scary.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • Or, at the least, living through some very strange and scary times.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • What, to you, would be the scariest outcome of AI’s use in the next five years?
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Have you all been surprised by how scary some the show can be?
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Clearly, the Tabi is no longer such a scary shoe to attempt.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Make your house the scariest of them all with these top-notch ideas.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The culprit is a not-so-scary cold front that will move across the South over the weekend.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Drove back in some scary conditions on I-380 - trucks and cars all over the place off the road.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The theme song is a little bit scary and a little bit fun.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
  • And the world, while scary and sometimes awful, is still here.
    oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The idea that a machine can out-Chris Williams Chris Williams one day is scary.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Some weird things happened on the set, along with the movie being scary.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Teens, prepare for the worst and hope for the best when meeting your first scary doll.
    Vulture, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Her scary reputation has become a recurring theme this season, and for good reason.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • Dinosaurs, splashy, scary, yes, but what is the meaning behind all of it?
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • One day, the protagonist starts telling scary stories to the little girl, Marie-Paule.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Can those films keep the scary-good times going?
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • Tyler and Emily add more mystery and scary energy to All Night Wrong.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • Surgery to repair ligament damage in the elbow is scary for any pitcher, young or old.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026

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