scare
Example Sentences
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“I’m scared to dance because I’m always off beat and I don’t know any dance moves,” he wrote.
One way to prevent the accidental death of albatrosses at sea is the use of bird scaring lines: they're essentially nautical scarecrows, scaring the birds away from the nets and fishing lines.
From BBC
I was a shy, awkward and sensitive kid who was too scared to be funny.
Commentator and former England spinner Alex Hartley says women "shouldn't be scared to talk about their periods" after criticism of her discussing the topic on the radio during the Ashes.
From BBC
In other words: “You have to stay locked in, so as to not scare the children,” Featherstone said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
