How to Use scarecrow in a Sentence

scarecrow

noun
  • What did the scarecrow win an award for?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • To make the scarecrow's body, put an old shirt and pair of pants on a cross-shaped frame.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The artist hangs the piece on a coat stand, with the garment’s arms splayed like a scarecrow.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • This is the last chance to vote for your favorite scarecrow in the contest.
    — courant.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Choose from creepy ghosts and ghouls or go more classic with a pumpkin or scarecrow.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Three scarecrows spooked the bird away from the building entrance.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2019
  • But these days, the windmills loom like scarecrows, idle and inert.
    — Javier C. HernÁndez, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
  • Start by using a glue gun to hot-glue a bit of extra straw to the head of your scarecrow.
    — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Add some patches to the overalls to get the real scarecrow feel.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • If correct, the key dangling from the scarecrow should unlock the next box.
    — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This is the last chance to vote for your favorite scarecrow in the library’s contest.
    — courant.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Kits include clothing, hay, twine and stockings to make a scarecrow.
    — chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Life's more painless for the brainless — but being a scarecrow isn't all fun and games.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Not far from the station entrance, a scarecrow stood guard, slumped against the building’s side wall.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Gather the family and create a scarecrow to sit on your front porch.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • Decorate your own scarecrow at home and display it on the library grounds.
    — courant.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Crows and other garden pests are shy around humans and will tend to avoid a garden with a scarecrow.
    — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The third question eliminates all those who wore red in the scarecrow mission.
    — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Her avenger returns from beyond the grave as a murderous scarecrow who picks off his killers one by one.
    — Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Take a nature walk, build a scarecrow and create arts and crafts at the children’s station.
    — Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • One of my more creative friends built a scaredeer — a scary version of a scarecrow with a real deer skull.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2017
  • You will be assigned a prime post on West Street to put your business's scarecrow up.
    — Courant Community, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Stuff a shirt or pillowcase with straw for the scarecrow's head, and secure it to the wooden frame with twine.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The thing is, Kuzco finds that Adam West is crazy; his army is a bunch of scarecrows.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • To add some depth to the design, carve around the main scarecrow outline and scrape a portion of the hat to add some shadows.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2022
  • There will be a scarecrow contest (entry fee is $5) and parade of scarecrows.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But that same year, Steven Tyler straight up fell off the front of the stage while doing one of his spooky scarecrow dances.
    — Dave Holmes, Esquire, 31 May 2017
  • The contest-winning scarecrows were outstanding in their fields.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The students dress up as zombies, movie villains, scarecrows and clowns and try to scare anyone who dares to enter the trail.
    — Laura Latzko, azcentral, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Across Spring Street, Roberts said a scarecrow guards another rooftop.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2022

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