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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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
Those huge spending numbers scared investors enough to send shares plunging up to 16% immediately following the release.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
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Verb
Some of that probably has to do with the internet and having more information and scaring people into thinking that.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
Those huge spending numbers scared investors enough to send shares plunging up to 16% immediately following the release.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Scare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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