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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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Harry Enten, CNN, 11 Jan. 2025
Consider the teams that might have been scared away by that kind of uncertainty.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
There are several reasons why the Broncos can stay in this game and give the Bills a scare.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Even in an off-year, Mahomes still scares the heck out of me as a Bills’ fan.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 11 Jan. 2025
Consider the teams that might have been scared away by that kind of uncertainty.
—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
The health scare delayed the production of Back in Action, which was originally expected to release in November.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
There are several reasons why the Broncos can stay in this game and give the Bills a scare.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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