scared
Example Sentences
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"I remember being scared very briefly," says Hartog, who races a Porsche for various different teams across GT racing.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He asked his guest, “Why are they so scared of you?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
New Yorkers famously went out to the bars that very night, refusing to sit scared in our apartments.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
One tech expert postulated that Hugging Face was an example of an AI that got scared because it couldn’t complete its task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
On foot, he decided; "Rocinante might get scared by the sight of the lion."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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