How to Use scared in a Sentence

scared

adjective
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  • He was scared that his mother wouldn't let him go to the movies with his friends.
  • I am really scared about speaking in front of the class.
  • My mom saw the film and was scared about some of the scenes.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • While the OGs in the Web3 space facepalm, the newbies run scared.
    — Michael Peres, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Four days in she was scared enough to go to the emergency room.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This is what the regime is scared of — that nobody is afraid any longer.
    — Nick Holdsworth, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Like, being scared on stage is not the worst thing that can happen to you in the world.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
  • His daughters and wife wear hijab and were scared to leave the house.
    — Ismail Ibrahim, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Bam Bam is never scared to step on the field and play against the bigger kids.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The dry climate, and the wildfires that result, leave him scared and trapped.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • But be warned: This isn't for anyone who's scared of heights.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
  • Here’s what autism isn’t, Gross says – something to be scared of or pity.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Jonathan Bennett is not at all scared to be killed in nasty ways.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Here are the four things that might have smart investors running scared.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But at one point one of the children had gotten scared and was in a playhouse.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The victim was scared and convinced to send a large amount of cash to a Texas address through UPS.
    — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The brick that was thrown at VERS did shatter the glass but scared patrons inside.
    — Zachary Schermele, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • And scared to try and put himself out there over and over and over and over and just like see what would happen.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
  • The team then used it to simulate how dinosaurs would have stalked and scared prey.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And in 2015 people were scared to use the hashtag Black Lives Matter.
    — Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The young actor is scared to say more, or even confirm what LuPone slipped.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 June 2023
  • When the little girl was scared of the dark, her mother locked her in a dark closet to face her fear.
    — Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • The scared kid who was too afraid to speak his own truth 25 years ago now had a voice and was in a position to use it.
    — Jason Sarlanis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Don't be scared: Massage candles are safe and will not burn you.
    — Georgina Kim, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There was no flooding in their houses; the dogs were just a little scared.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The challenge for Washington is to run fast but not run scared.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • People were really scared of the punch, but that, in fact, was just punch.
    — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
  • In my experience, pre-teens and teens love to be scared.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Everyone was scared and trying to find out what had happened.
    — Rory Fleming, CNN, 18 July 2024
  • The idea that Marcus, scared and over his head, chose to disappear is in some ways better than the alternative.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 18 July 2024

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