scare
Example Sentences
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But if you really want to scare Rhys, ask him to dance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Sorry to the housekeeper in El Paso and that young man in Arizona; she didn’t mean to scare you.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
For 11 years Ms. Patchett was reluctant to fully commit to this man, until a health scare convinced her to make their union official.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
And if recent spiking bond yields prove to be nothing more than a scare and those yields go nowhere?
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
With more scare in her eyes than I had ever seen before, Mama looked at me and said, “Jay Berry, are you all right?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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