How to Use scare in a Sentence
- Stop that, you're scaring the children.
- You scared me. I didn't see you there.
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Few books have scared me as much.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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And quite frankly, that scares me.
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Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Don’t be scared by his blue eyes.
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Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
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Try to scare it out of the camp?
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Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2025
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Yeah, none of that stuff scares me.
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Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Honk to try and scare the deer away.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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What's the thing that scares me the most?
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NBC news,
28 Dec. 2025
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Nice to know there’s stuff that scares him.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Tigers fans — none of that is to scare you.
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Maddie Hartley
august 15,
Kansas City Star,
15 Aug. 2025
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What scares you about Milchick?
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Its 13-mile length didn’t scare me.
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Anna Richards,
Outside,
18 Sep. 2025
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Those few words were enough to scare the life out of me.
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Peter D'oench,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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That kind of stuff is fun, [and] doesn’t scare me too much.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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That caption scared me for a minute.
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Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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That weekend scared the piss out of me.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Mar. 2026
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Learn how to safely scare a bear.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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What scared you most about playing her?
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Ew Staff Published,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Is there somewhere that scares you?
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Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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Well, the finale did scare fans.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some users were scared by the object.
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Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The public scares me, mobs scare me.
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Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Yell, shout and attempt to scare the bear away.
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Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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Don’t let the word gizzards scare you off just yet.
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Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
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That’s the kind of scenario that should scare fans.
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Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux.
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux.
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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As a singer, few things scare me more than acid reflux.
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Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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And when it is charred a little bit, don’t let that scare you.
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Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
29 Aug. 2025
- There have been scares about the water supply being contaminated.
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Her health scare must have been bad!
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William Earl,
Variety,
26 June 2026
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Ready for a scare or a sweet treat?
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Maria Leontaras,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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There was no need to jump out for the scare.
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Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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This isn't the first health scare for Davis.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Those people love a good scare.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Fancy a scare or a not so scary jaunt?
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Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Oct. 2025
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From my view, that’s just a scare tactic.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
29 Nov. 2025
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His melanoma scare placed more shine on sunshine.
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Zach Berman,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Watch the video above to see the jump-scare reunion.
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Seth Carnell,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Thanks to lots of great scares, the movie was a huge success.
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Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Sox survived a scare in the ninth.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Lee missed the 2025 walk due to a health scare.
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S.e. Jenkins,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The scare over Brunson's knee was short-lived.
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Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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The sound of scare bombs comes nearer and nearer.
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Sara Stridsberg
september 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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James did so many different types of scares in the first film.
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 July 2023
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This isn’t the first time there’s been a scare around aspartame.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appétit,
18 July 2023
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That’s where that pregnancy scare came from.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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When there’s a scare in high-yield, PDI sells off.
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Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Krayzie Bone has shared an update amid his recent health scare.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Oct. 2023
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Last year, the legendary singer’s health scare derailed his tour and forced him off the stage.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Perez Hilton is alluding to a health scare.
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Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Rangers finally didn’t have a late scare in the third game.
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Cal Phillips
june 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
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That makes the scares a bit less precise, a bit less logical.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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The scare actors will lightly touch you and chase after you.
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Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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This is not Arthurs’ first cancer scare either.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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After the game, the two-time Pro Bowler had a health scare.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Dec. 2025
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But that was just the beginning of his sudden health scares.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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At the time, the star spoke out about the health scare on Instagram.
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Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Not every scare serves to scar — some can even edify.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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