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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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The idea of frightening children into basic courtesy scares Miss Manners.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The number comes from a 1999 Department of Justice report that used surveys to estimate missing children cases nationwide under broad definitions, including everything from abductions to runaways to brief scares where a kid gets lost for a couple of hours.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Could his insistence on deferring to Washington scare them off?
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The idea of frightening children into basic courtesy scares Miss Manners.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
Although both dates are the perfect excuse for laughs and small scares through pranks, their origins stem from different historical and religious events.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The number comes from a 1999 Department of Justice report that used surveys to estimate missing children cases nationwide under broad definitions, including everything from abductions to runaways to brief scares where a kid gets lost for a couple of hours.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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