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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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
The Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library in South Florida claims that that state and federal anti-LGBTQ policies have siphoned off the institution’s operating budget and scared off corporate investors, leaving the museum in financial peril.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Here's a look at how Tennessee reacted to the Y2K scare from The Tennessean archives.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 15 Feb. 2025
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Verb
In 2023, a bear barged into a bakery in Avon, scared employees and helped itself to 60 cupcakes before ambling away.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
The Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library in South Florida claims that that state and federal anti-LGBTQ policies have siphoned off the institution’s operating budget and scared off corporate investors, leaving the museum in financial peril.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
Simone Biles and her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, experienced quite the scare on their honeymoon.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Here's a look at how Tennessee reacted to the Y2K scare from The Tennessean archives.
—Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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