Synonyms
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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Nick Halter, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
Layoffs have scared people into holding onto their positions.
—Robin Ryan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Andy Frye, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Fright Fest Extreme runs on select night through Nov. 3 at Six Flags Magic Mountain with 11 haunted mazes, nine scare zones and a host of spooky food.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 19 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Bethel University is joining a growing number of private colleges that are lowering their tuition prices to avoid scaring off prospective students.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
Layoffs have scared people into holding onto their positions.
—Robin Ryan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
Yet, just a few years ago, Greenberg experienced an incident—call it a health scare—that changed his life and perspective every day.
—Andy Frye, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Fright Fest Extreme runs on select night through Nov. 3 at Six Flags Magic Mountain with 11 haunted mazes, nine scare zones and a host of spooky food.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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