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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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The event culminated with a massive amount of fireworks being set off to scare away bad spirits.
—Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite a brief bounceback, the stocks tumbled again as the AI scare trade hit other sectors, such as real estate and wealth UBS management companies.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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Verb
An official designation like that, which would be a rare move by the Pentagon, could scare even private sector customers away from Anthropic and threaten its business prospects just as the company prepares for an initial public offering later this year.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The event culminated with a massive amount of fireworks being set off to scare away bad spirits.
—Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
Kuhr first assumed interim defensive coordinator duties last spring when Williams left the team due to another medical scare separate from his cancer diagnosis.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026
Despite a brief bounceback, the stocks tumbled again as the AI scare trade hit other sectors, such as real estate and wealth UBS management companies.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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