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.
  • Like, you guys don't be scared.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • Kids are all scared and all alone.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Most guys are scared about the floor.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Please don’t feel scared, feel proud.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • So much of academia is scared of it.
    — Jon Stojan, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Some of them are scared of this map.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This is for those that are scared to speak up.
    — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Don't be scared to make the most of this deal.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • The poor thing must’ve been scared out of its wits.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • People are scared to go to work.
    — Staff Report, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
  • People are scared to take them in.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • My wife is scared every hour at night.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
  • When asked who was scared to come to school, all raised their hands.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • People are so scared to talk about this.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Ski scared and the mountain will own him.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Maye was awful and played scared.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • There's a lot of people to be scared of.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • People are very scared to be messy these days.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Ain’t nobody scared of them boys.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Grab a hot cider and prepare to be scared.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Hoping they don’t get too scared to check it off.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • People shouldn’t feel scared away.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026
  • There are those who get it, and the ones who are just too scared to try.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Dad was scared for his life and took off his mask, putting his health at risk.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • We should be prepared for them, but not to be scared of them.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Her father will not stand up to her and seems scared of her.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Not to be scared to enter doors that maybe weren’t made for you.
    — J.m. Banks march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026

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