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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Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Sea cucumbers can eject part of their guts out of their mouth to scare off predators.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Chelsea and Freddie Freeman's son is showing encouraging progress following his health scare last summer.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Fearful Tesla drivers are asking Tesla to implement new tech features in the vehicle to scare off protesters, Fortune reports.
—Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Sea cucumbers can eject part of their guts out of their mouth to scare off predators.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
Just today, the composer and lyricist of Fellow Travelers, an opera based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about the anti-gay lavender scare of the 1950s, withdrew the work from the 2025-26 season.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Chelsea and Freddie Freeman's son is showing encouraging progress following his health scare last summer.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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