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 Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
That means no brake checking, or hitting your brakes to scare the driver behind you.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Delaney Rebernik, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
The legal scare buried the song’s video but the soundtrack to the fourth Freddy Krueger flick was still DOA.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
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Verb
As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
That means no brake checking, or hitting your brakes to scare the driver behind you.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
Contrary to conventional wisdom, their research shows that seeking out scares for sport—watching a horror film or visiting a haunted house, for example—is linked to greater resilience among adults and, when age-appropriate, a lower risk for childhood anxiety.
—Delaney Rebernik, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
The legal scare buried the song’s video but the soundtrack to the fourth Freddy Krueger flick was still DOA.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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