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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Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Walking into rooms that scared me.
—Shelley Zalis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
In the time since releasing 2021’s Justice, Bieber had been dealing with a series of career setbacks and health scares.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
More 'scares' inevitable The strategist also raised his 2025 S & P 500 year-end forecast to 6,250 from 5,600, which had been the lowest current-year target on the Street.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Walking into rooms that scared me.
—Shelley Zalis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
The story unfolds in Agra during the 1990s, weaving together romantic elements with comedic beats and supernatural scares.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
In the time since releasing 2021’s Justice, Bieber had been dealing with a series of career setbacks and health scares.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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