How to Use scare up in a Sentence

scare up

verb
  • I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them.
  • Not to mention scaring up plenty of customers.
    — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Anna Faris and Regina Hall are scaring up a reunion.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Some use the idea as a bogeyman to scare up regulation, while others brandish it in marketing.
    — Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • Welcome to Derry scared up its best audience yet with the Chapter One finale.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Per Nielsen, the 1998 Bulls-Jazz series scared up just shy of 30 million viewers per night.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026
  • While the Cowboys and Chiefs have gone about their usual business of scaring up impressions, last year’s ratings champs have yet to really pounce on the Nielsen dials.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • First, ex-pro Maks Chermkovskiy tried to scare up a little attention for himself recently by dragging poor Jan Ravnik over his lack of ballroom experience.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The genre doesn’t usually travel well, but Weapons is an exception, scaring up strong results in normally horror-resistant markets in Europe and Latin America.
    — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Also drawing a crowd was Miami’s shocking victory over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, which scared up 19 million viewers despite being played on the night of New Year’s Eve.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The implementation of Nielsen’s new Big Data + Panel currency already promises to help juice the TV ratings, and a recent tweak to the company’s out-of-home measurement system is expected to scare up even bigger crowds in hitherto underserved markets from South Bend to Tallahassee.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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