scaring
Example Sentences
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“Higher mortgage rates are scaring off some buyers, but that’s opening the door for others,” Chen Zhao, Redfin’s head of economics research, said in a statement.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
"I was so agitated that I was scared. I was scaring myself because I felt out of control," he said.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
In horror, more is more — more gore, more jump scares, more shadowed silhouettes; all in service of scaring the viewer.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
My mental default is that the world is neutral-good, and that may be why I prefer movies with active villains scaring me out of my complacency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
“Maybe we’re scaring each other, like two children in the dark.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
