How to Use jump scare in a Sentence

jump scare

noun

• At one point, there was even a jump scare, for some reason.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Think of peek-a-boo, which by some has been called the first ‘jump scare’ that children are exposed to.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
• What’s so interesting about the games is that the jump scares are not gory.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• Why treat the eagle attack on Bug as a jump scare instead of a sight gag?
  — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
• Creatures that hunt by sound take over New York City in the film, which is full of jump scares and looming death.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
• Get ready for a lot of jump scares, according to reviews.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Additionally, there is a jump scare at the end of the film as a snake quickly bites Snow in the woods.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• The film grips us with its jump scares and Wesley Hughes’ propulsive score.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
• This jump scare wasn’t the first time these two encountered each other.
  — Jillian Sykes, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• Expect a fair bit of spooky music and dark imagery, plus some mild jump scares.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• This adds to the suspense and leads to very loud, startling jump scares that could be too much for some young children to handle.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
• The original has a special place in our black hearts, but its remakes have just as many jump scares.
  — Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• And then comes the twist, which Legrand handles with care, shielding audiences from what could have been a cheap jump scare.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
• Just their presence alone is more frightening than any jump scare.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 July 2024
• And though the jump scares are solid, the real genius lies in the provocative dialogue and shattering of genre tropes.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2023
• Director Rob Savage can handle a basic jump scare, of which there are a few.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
• The trailer promises a great deal of blood, jump scares and religious iconography.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• Delevingne was recently spotted filming in a black wig and — jump scare!
  — Vulture, 23 Apr. 2023
• Living alongside the Vision Pro has almost become one big jump scare.
  — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
• The teen characters are frequently in distress, and there are jump scares, ominous music and dark scenes.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• The haunting film may not have traditional jump scares but its disturbing plot is straight out of a Gothic fairy tale.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
• That surprise in a joke is a punch line, and that surprise in a scare is a jump scare or something that unexpectedly catches you off guard.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Some in the audience thought the noise resembled a person waking up suddenly, or a small jump scare.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• Nash’s unorthodox style is most welcome in a canon grown tired and lazy in its over-reliance on tacky jump scares and preposterous twists.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
• But Flanagan is also great at providing drama along with his jump scares.
  — Kevin Jacobsen and Sarah Perchikoff, EW.com, 21 May 2024
• Where the previous Christie adaptations felt by the book, Venice startles at every turn and isn't afraid of jump scares and genuine moments of horror.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Often, Baker will let a conversation play out then reveal Lacy just underneath the bottom of the frame, like a jump scare.
  — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 28 June 2024
• There were screams — including and especially from me — and the jump scares had this already-jumpy person covering their ears and eyes.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
• YouTube Looking beyond the jump scares Horror tends to be an outlier during awards season.
  — Brianna Scott, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
• Good luck to the poor musical hater who will inevitably settle into the theater for Mean Girls in a few days’ time, only to experience the jump scare of a lifetime.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024