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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Melissa Sierra, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
What scares and excites you about where AI is headed for the next generation of artists?
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Along with the pregnancy came an immediate scare when the mother, Dutchess, attempted to eat one of her puppies shortly after giving birth.
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Verb
Start to say no to distractions that do not serve your higher purpose, and start saying yes to the things that challenge you, stretch you and even scare you a little.
—Melissa Sierra, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
What scares and excites you about where AI is headed for the next generation of artists?
—Lily Marks, Time, 5 May 2025
Noun
Yes, Walsh had her own cancer scare in 2015, when Walsh was in her mid-40s.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Along with the pregnancy came an immediate scare when the mother, Dutchess, attempted to eat one of her puppies shortly after giving birth.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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