How to Use spook in a Sentence

spook

1 of 2 noun
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  • Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad.
  • Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • Still, this year has been a tough one for the spook business.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2020
  • An ’80s pop classic with just the right amount of spook.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Sep. 2018
  • Ghosts and ghouls, spirits and spooks, tricks and treats.
    — Mary Colurso, AL.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • This detail leapt off the page for me, and probably for a bunch of our spooks as well.
    — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 6 June 2017
  • The best way to get a quick spook in before the end of the day is by lounging in your living room with a good flick.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Take part in a cross between a bar crawl and a ghost tour just in time for the ghouls and spooks of the Halloween season.
    — Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 8 Sep. 2017
  • There’s still time to get your spook on, or snag that perfect pumpkin.
    — oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2020
  • And which way the spooks turn will affect Russia’s future.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Even those who plan to forgo trick-or-treating can find ways to get their spook on this year.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Turn the spook factor up a notch on your Halloween front porch decor with this DIY black candle urn.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Bring the spook to your living room with this set of four cotton pillow covers.
    — Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Early-morning light on a field blind can cast a 20-foot shadow and spook birds from a hundred yards.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Halloween looks spook-tacular with sunshine during the day and highs in the lower to mid-70s.
    — Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • While the President is at it, how about asking if the spooks listening to Mr. Flynn obeyed the law?
    — WSJ, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Halloween may be over, but the spooks and scares are still coming, of all places in the form of a new Netflix comedy special.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Some kids cower in fear when encountering spooks and frights in the Halloween store.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Either way, there’s a tragic dimension to this spook-show.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Bring the spook to your Halloween dessert table with these sweet (and sticky!) decorations.
    — Redbook Test Kitchen, Redbook, 19 Sep. 2018
  • Top water bite has started early and late, try spooks, poppers, or buzz baits.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 11 July 2018
  • In Bamford’s eyes, much if not all the Russiagate story was a put-up job by spooks, journos, and politicians.
    — Tim Weiner, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Add in artifacts and sounds, like hearing a funeral march played on the Reginaphone, and your evening will have some spook.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2021
  • And for those truly looking for a spook, stay overnight at the Tarrytown House Estate, believed to have rooms haunted by ghosts.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2021
  • After last year’s muted Halloween, even those far less ambitious than Mr. Klock are ready to get their spook on.
    — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Is this the emotional support of a spouse, an attempt to derail a competing spook, or something in the middle?
    — Daniel D'addario, Time, 28 Mar. 2018
  • What if that money flowed from a political entity on the left, to a private law firm, to Fusion, to a British spook, and then to Russian sources?
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 27 July 2017
  • A Spirited Beginning is a spook-free, lighthearted movie to stream with kids.
    — Sarah Toscano, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Bakeries across San Antonio have started to get their spook on as the city settles into the Halloween season.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Mayer is back with a long profile of Christopher Steele, the former British spook who was present at the creation of this president*’s endless troubles.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 5 Mar. 2018
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spook

2 of 2 verb
  • The noise spooked the cat.
  • The little girl was spooked by scary masks.
  • In many cases, the ships got spooked, pulling up their gear and fleeing the scene.
    — Ian Urbina, TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
  • But white flash is also the brightest and may spook game.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • That could cause the Fed to not cut rates and could cause investors to become spooked.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The hunters in our survey encountered a ton of deer and spooked very few.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That could spook investors, many of whom hopped on the crypto train last year as prices spiked.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2022
  • This movie does have some scary moments, but not so scary you’ll be spooked by things that go bump in the night.
    — Samantha Sasso, Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • Zhao’s announcement drove down the price of FTT and spooked investors.
    — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • When trick-or-treaters press the doorbell, a green eye will pop out to give them a once-over and spook them with scary sounds.
    — Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2022
  • After 20 years of free money, though, that could slam the stock market and spook bond traders.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • But the June result spooked the market, and its shares have tumbled more than 12%.
    — WSJ, 13 July 2023
  • Dogs that aren’t trained yet, or who spook around strangers, might not be ready for a hotel visit.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
  • That spooked customers of FTX, who worried about the safety of their deposits.
    — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But in November, city staff began studying the use of green lasers to spook the birds.
    — Kiet Do, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Then after the passing of a boat through the channel, the sky suddenly was filled with a flock of 16 terns that had been spooked off the water.
    — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Salma Hayek admits she was spooked about starring in the new season of Black Mirror.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • For the first time in three decades, the electric-blue orb is almost completely cloud-free, and astronomers are spooked.
    — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t get too spooked – that’s just an animal looking back at you.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • China tends to spook the crypto world, giving traders a reason to sell.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The key to hunting this way is to find with a lot of fresh buck sign while not spooking bucks—or at least not spooking them too badly.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
  • GameStop’s latest results seemed to spook investors, but true fans tend to be the forgiving type.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The group inside roars at the large animal and bangs on the glass door to spook the persistent wild animal.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The close call didn’t spook Nabors and Heckendorn away from taking their longer trek through Canyonlands next month, when the park will still be in the thick of monsoon season.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The camera was on Sherman when one of the horses spooked and reared backward, knocking him from his wheelchair.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Yet even a temporary break for BTS is enough to spook Hybe's shareholders, and with good reason.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 15 June 2022
  • Mariko, 47, who grew up in Toronto, recalled being spooked by the subways, among other things.
    — Robert Ito, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The late alarm only spooked those who had long since realized an earthquake had rattled their homes.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In shallow water, fish are always on high alert and will spook at the slightest disturbance.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The horse ended up stuck in the river after getting spooked while on a ride with its owner Saturday night.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024

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