How to Use scared in a Sentence
scared
adjective
- She's scared to walk alone at night.
- 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
-
The Rams aren’t scared of them and tend to play well on the East Coast.
—
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2022
-
She's even been scared to make the long walk to her classes.
—
Darcie Moran,
Detroit Free Press,
20 Oct. 2021
-
Just like adults, some kids just like to be scared, and they're drawn to scary movies.
—
Marisa Lascala,
Good Housekeeping,
20 May 2022
-
Four days in she was scared enough to go to the emergency room.
—
Lisa Sanders, M.d.,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2023
-
The scared kids step over fresh blood and then jostle in the hallway….
—
Sophie Pinkham,
The New York Review of Books,
7 Sep. 2022
-
But if a kid was scared and didn’t want to do [something], the kid shouldn’t have to do it.
—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2024
-
This is what the regime is scared of — that nobody is afraid any longer.
—
Nick Holdsworth,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2022
-
Meanwhile, some of us too scared to go back to the office.
—
Peter Weber,
The Week,
16 Mar. 2022
-
Why would anyone want to be too scared to get out of bed?
—
Meg Kissinger,
jsonline.com,
1 Sep. 2021
-
Like, being scared on stage is not the worst thing that can happen to you in the world.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
19 Nov. 2023
-
The Kid Laroi isn’t scared to let listeners in — and that’s his strength.
—
Haben Kelati,
Washington Post,
10 Aug. 2022
-
There was a time when Nestor Cortes was scared to be himself.
—
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2022
-
Staff who received the email felt scared and refused to go to work.
—
Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2022
-
And for Max, she's just baffled and scared and is waiting for the right time to emerge.
—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2022
-
His daughters and wife wear hijab and were scared to leave the house.
—
Ismail Ibrahim,
Curbed,
2 Nov. 2023
-
Lee and her classmates were too scared to defend the friend.
—
Jake Kwon,
CNN,
2 Oct. 2021
-
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
-
Everyone was so scared to go up against you at the end.
—
EW.com,
2 Dec. 2024
-
Here’s a great piece from this week: Albert Sanders Jr., the boy with the big dreams and the bigger drive, was scared.
—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Dec. 2024
-
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
-
At the time, the union shocked some allies and scared police and the FBI, who feared the coalition would upend the social order.
—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
-
If your character is scared, the viewer is scared in the situation.
—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2025
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'scared.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
