Example sentences for: scare

How can you use “scare” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Also in ancient times shepherds built fires to keep themselves warm and to scare off the wolves.

  • Meanwhile, in the Democratic race, Bill Bradley and Al Gore denounced each other's "personal attacks" and "scare tactics."

  • Our dear colleague Chatterbox, that estimable muggle, thinks he might, but for other reasons, namely that the Potter books take a benign view of paganism, magic, witchcraft, and other things that scare Christian fundamentalists.

  • The threat of litigation tends to scare Chatterbox out of his wits, and by now Chatterbox wasn't at all sure he wanted to press ahead.

  • Berlaymont has been closed for nine years after an asbestos scare and a botched cleanup: European taxpayers have paid $50 million so far merely to keep the building closed, with air pumps running around the clock to prevent any fibers from wafting out.


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