How to Use scary in a Sentence
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That may seem a little scary to the rest of the league.
— Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 July 2024 -
The scariest part of this is that the hit was in fact not scary.
— Tracie Canada, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2023 -
But about halfway through the ride, things took a scary turn.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Or, at the least, living through some very strange and scary times.
— Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024 -
What, to you, would be the scariest outcome of AI’s use in the next five years?
— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024 -
Clearly, the Tabi is no longer such a scary shoe to attempt.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023 -
Make your house the scariest of them all with these top-notch ideas.
— Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023 -
Drove back in some scary conditions on I-380 - trucks and cars all over the place off the road.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024 -
And the world, while scary and sometimes awful, is still here.
— oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023 -
The idea that a machine can out-Chris Williams Chris Williams one day is scary.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2023 -
What’s scary about Durant is he’s played just 13 games with Phoenix and the Suns have won 12 of them.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023 -
That stage holds such a beautiful pace for me and a scary place, all at the same time.
— Fred Bronson, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2024 -
One of the marks of a good scary movie is the irresistible urge to identify with the killer.
— Jake Smith, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2023 -
All of those scary moments are enhanced so much by the score.
— Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Rising up against the urge to say ‘no’ because change is scary.
— David Garrick jan. 11, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023 -
But since then, there has been no trace of the teen who loved to spend time with her brothers and watch scary movies.
— Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023 -
The seeming routineness of the play and tackle is the scary part, Humphrey said.
— Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023 -
The old fairy tales that Victor pulled from were super scary.
— Erik Piepenburg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023 -
And their whole thing was just: This needs to be really scary.
— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024 -
And all those scary stories started to make more sense.
— Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023 -
The man could be mean, scary, creepy or even just annoying.
— oregonlive, 4 July 2023 -
What's Halloween without scary stories to tell in the dark?
— Ashley Leath, Country Living, 5 July 2023 -
But we’re being told how scary and how bad for our jobs these things are.
— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024 -
The final minutes used to be a scary stretch for UCLA’s young players.
— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024 -
Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick: Being the first is scary.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Caring about things can be scary, and that seems to be a key factor of The Last of Us' story.
— Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2023 -
If the concept of flirting still seems a little scary, that's okay.
— Alexis Jones, Women's Health, 4 May 2023 -
But then that was very scary, just going through the rehab and all of that by myself.
— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 May 2023 -
And remember, your Halloween look doesn’t have to be scary, either.
— India Espy-Jones, Essence, 28 Oct. 2024 -
Simplify your choices, embrace scary risks, make quick calls, trust your instincts, and say yes to the weird stuff.
— Jodie Cook, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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