Definition: 1. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. 2. A sudden attack of fear. 3. Cause fear in. 4. Cause to lose courage.
Use 'scare' in a sentence:
1. A loudhailer blared warnings of a bomb scare.
2. Sniffer dogs are friendly and cute, so they don't scare people as they sniff through the crowds.
3. Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us.
4. We were scared stiff.
5. He doesn't scare so easily.
6. There was another bomb scare in a large London store last night during late night shopping.
7. One thing I am sure of was that she was scared.
8. The silence and emptiness of the house did not scare her.
9. Some people think that a good scare is a cure for hiccups.
10. He doesn't scare easily.
11. In high school I was scared to death of you.
12. I'm scared I'm going to fall.
13. They managed to scare the bears away.
14. A police spokesman said that this was the third bomb scare within a week and that we should all be on our guard.
15. Did people still tell their kids imbecilic scare stories about bogey policewomen?
16. I am not using scare tactics.
17. Now that the swine flu scare seems to have died down. Does this mean we all overreacted?
18. We made a terrible voice to scare them even more, and then we slipped off the window sill.
19. We've had quite a scare.
20. I have to admit, the idea of marriage scares me.
21. Rising prices are scaring customers off.
22. The scare has led puzzled officials to warn consumers off raw tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and sprouts.
23. I was that scared I didn't know what to do.
24. True, the drought is serious, but it can't scare us.
25. a security scare over a suspect package.
26. I have never been so scared in all my life.
27. I'll see if I can scare up enough chairs for us all.
28. The latest scare is the computer keyboard: supposedly it contains nearly 70 times more microbes than the average lavatory seat.
29. I was scared, I don't mind telling you!
30. If you ask me, she's too scared to do it.
31. You gave me a scare !
32. Someone came up, opened the passenger side door which would scare you.
33. He's scared of heights.
34. John fired over their heads to throw a scare into them.
35. The news set off a continent-wide health scare.
36. There's been quite a scare about the possible side effects of this new drug.
37. I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared.
38. You gave me a scare!
39. I was scared to death.
40. A bit of a scare shot through Tom—a touch of uncomfortable suspicion.
41. Don't you realize what a scare you've given us all?
42. The thieves got scared and ran away.
43. You scared me.
44. I was dead scared.
45. He described talk of sackings as scare stories.
46. People are scared to use the buses late at night.
47. On Oct. 10, a quake occurred very near the Emerald Crystal and was reported nationally. Unlike "usual" tectonic quakes, it did not scare the animals.
48. 'Scared stiff' is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
49. Weren't you just a weeny bit scared?
50. It scared me to think I was alone in the building.
