How to Use scary in a Sentence
scary
adjective
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That may seem a little scary to the rest of the league.
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Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
21 July 2024
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The scariest part of this is that the hit was in fact not scary.
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Tracie Canada,
Scientific American,
6 Jan. 2023
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But about halfway through the ride, things took a scary turn.
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Abigail Adams,
Peoplemag,
5 Jan. 2023
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Or, at the least, living through some very strange and scary times.
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Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2024
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What, to you, would be the scariest outcome of AI’s use in the next five years?
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Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2024
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Clearly, the Tabi is no longer such a scary shoe to attempt.
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Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
4 Dec. 2023
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Make your house the scariest of them all with these top-notch ideas.
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Jessica Cherner,
House Beautiful,
2 Aug. 2023
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Drove back in some scary conditions on I-380 - trucks and cars all over the place off the road.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
16 Jan. 2024
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And the world, while scary and sometimes awful, is still here.
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oregonlive,
5 Apr. 2023
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The idea that a machine can out-Chris Williams Chris Williams one day is scary.
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Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2023
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Teens, prepare for the worst and hope for the best when meeting your first scary doll.
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Vulture,
2 Jan. 2023
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What’s scary about Durant is he’s played just 13 games with Phoenix and the Suns have won 12 of them.
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Duane Rankin,
The Arizona Republic,
28 Apr. 2023
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That stage holds such a beautiful pace for me and a scary place, all at the same time.
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Fred Bronson,
Billboard,
29 Apr. 2024
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One of the marks of a good scary movie is the irresistible urge to identify with the killer.
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Jake Smith,
Glamour,
10 Jan. 2023
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All of those scary moments are enhanced so much by the score.
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Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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Rising up against the urge to say ‘no’ because change is scary.
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David Garrick
jan. 11,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2023
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But since then, there has been no trace of the teen who loved to spend time with her brothers and watch scary movies.
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Greg Hanlon,
Peoplemag,
7 Aug. 2023
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The seeming routineness of the play and tackle is the scary part, Humphrey said.
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Chris Bumbaca,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
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The old fairy tales that Victor pulled from were super scary.
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Erik Piepenburg,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2023
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And their whole thing was just: This needs to be really scary.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2024
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And all those scary stories started to make more sense.
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Chris Vognar,
Rolling Stone,
11 Dec. 2023
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The man could be mean, scary, creepy or even just annoying.
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oregonlive,
4 July 2023
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What's Halloween without scary stories to tell in the dark?
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Ashley Leath,
Country Living,
5 July 2023
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But we’re being told how scary and how bad for our jobs these things are.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2024
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The final minutes used to be a scary stretch for UCLA’s young players.
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Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2024
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Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick: Being the first is scary.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2023
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Caring about things can be scary, and that seems to be a key factor of The Last of Us' story.
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Evan Romano,
Men's Health,
20 Feb. 2023
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The Cowboys have a stingy defense and scary (at times) offense.
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Safid Deen,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2022
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Alex ended up falling in love, which was much harder and scarier for him in many ways.
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Thomas Page,
CNN,
1 Nov. 2024
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And remember, your Halloween look doesn’t have to be scary, either.
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India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2024
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