scared

Example Sentences

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“I am, of course, scared, but I don’t dare to tell my family. I just tell them all is well,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“It honestly scared me. I thought I was gonna faint on stage, I really tried to push through my performance but I just couldn’t.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"It's reacting, it has both eyes open, it's vocalizing, but it's incredibly uncertain and it's scared," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

"We have two-year-old children scared and crying and going through this," local resident Gaia Khouiri told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The way Old Rowdy was sniffing and looking, I couldn’t tell whether he was mad or scared.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls