scared
Example Sentences
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"If there is another quake, I'm scared the hospital will collapse."
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
To acquaintances at auctions, McClain said his edge was keeping death rates low, from know-how handling sick and scared calves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“Yields up, oil down — that means investors are scared that the Fed is going to hike,” said Jose Torres, an economist at Interactive Brokers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
And I started doing things that scared me just for the hell of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
He also seemed both arrogant and uneasy: desperate to be first, but scared that he’d only ever come second.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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