Examples of scared to death in a Sentence
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The opening scene is a beauty, as a cleaning lady tries to suck up a dust bunny and appears to be scared to death by what comes bursting out of the vacuum cleaner.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Consummate carnival barker William Castle issued $1,000 life insurance policies (backed by Lloyds of London) with tickets to his 1958 fright-fast Macabre in the event that audience-members be scared to death.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 24 Sep. 2024
Entire villages died out with people scared to death of hunger, fearing for their children, victims of an artificial famine.
—Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
Everybody’s scared to death of a virus that no one’s telling the truth about.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
And everybody after that became scared to death of who Donald Trump was again.
—CBS News, 9 May 2021
Money talks, but the cowardice and the selfishness of the legislators who are so scared to death of being primaried and losing their job, losing their power, losing their salary.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
Those who think English pointers are the only hunting dog breeds worth feeding, and those who are scared to death of them.
—Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
Advertisers are scared to death of what Elon is doing right now, no question.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Consummate carnival barker William Castle issued $1,000 life insurance policies (backed by Lloyds of London) with tickets to his 1958 fright-fast Macabre in the event that audience-members be scared to death.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 24 Sep. 2024
Entire villages died out with people scared to death of hunger, fearing for their children, victims of an artificial famine.
—Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
Everybody’s scared to death of a virus that no one’s telling the truth about.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
And everybody after that became scared to death of who Donald Trump was again.
—CBS News, 9 May 2021
Money talks, but the cowardice and the selfishness of the legislators who are so scared to death of being primaried and losing their job, losing their power, losing their salary.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
Those who think English pointers are the only hunting dog breeds worth feeding, and those who are scared to death of them.
—Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
Advertisers are scared to death of what Elon is doing right now, no question.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Nov. 2022
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“Scared to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scared%20to%20death. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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