How do you use Scared in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like frightened or afraid, plus the exact meaning.
Scared in a sentence
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Scared meaning
Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
Synonyms of Scared
Using Scared
- The main meaning on this page is: Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
- Useful related words include: frightened, afraid.
- In the example corpus, scared often appears in combinations such as: scared of, scared to, was scared.
Context around Scared
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scared
- In this selection, "scared" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, job, herself, watching, real and now stand out and add context to how "scared" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little scared and aaron gets scared now when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scared" sits close to words such as coup, acceptable and flexibility, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scared
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
PC’s old guard is scared, very scared. (8 words)
A bitch is scared, I’m a little scared. (9 words)
Aaron gets “scared now when it rains,” she says. (9 words)
A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally in Maharashtra’s Nanded district, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party was ‘scared’ of Uddhav Thackeray and said it was a good thing. (42 words)
The former Love Island star and documentary maker also said she had "wrestled with the fear of opening up" about her experiences because "I was scared about public backlash, I was scared about my future, I was scared of victim shaming". (41 words)
She’s scared that her husband may not get a better job; scared she may not be able to change jobs herself; scared she may never get to run her own business; scared she won’t live her best life. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
She’s scared that her husband may not get a better job; scared she may not be able to change jobs herself; scared she may never get to run her own business; scared she won’t live her best life.
The former Love Island star and documentary maker also said she had "wrestled with the fear of opening up" about her experiences because "I was scared about public backlash, I was scared about my future, I was scared of victim shaming".
Will’s heart condition scared us all, we got complacent and then what happened with Lisa scared us again.
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In plain English, if the dog acts scared, it’s because the dog is scared.
PC’s old guard is scared, very scared.
A bitch is scared, I’m a little scared.
Dr Harper writes in the article, “I was scared, and I don’t get scared.
For Halloween, you may want the scariest movie possible; personally, I find it hard to be scared watching a movie in a group, and even my favorite horror movies don’t leave me feeling scared.
People ask me if I was scared, but actually, I was not scared at all,' she told Real Press.
People who get scared of asteroids often start searching obsessively online for all the YouTube videos and sensationalist press stories about the asteroid that scared them.
He said she was scared of LaPlant and scared he would harm the victim more if she didn't cooperate with him.
I was scared of the guards and scared I would be deported without my mother,” she said, adding they were later reunited and sent to a family detention center.
I just sat there, sweating, hurting enough to want to cry, getting sicker in the stomach and getting scared—real scared.
A 2020 EU-wide study found that one in five Maltese children received requests of a sexual nature over the internet, and nearly half encountered something online that made them uncomfortable or scared.
Aaron gets “scared now when it rains,” she says.
A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally in Maharashtra’s Nanded district, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party was ‘scared’ of Uddhav Thackeray and said it was a good thing.
After a lively Shabbat dinner Natalie said, “I was so scared to meet you, who I’ve admired for so many years.
After being in power at the center for 9 years and in the state for the last 5 years, they are in such a state because they are anxious, scared and desperate to stay in power.
After producers showed a bunch of clips of Teresa’s erratic behavior in the past, Teresa told her therapist she’s “scared” of her brother and doesn’t want to be around erratic behavior anymore.
Common combinations with scared
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- scared of 42×
- scared to 28×
- was scared 25×
- are scared 19×
- scared and 15×
- be scared 14×
- is scared 12×
- and scared 12×
- too scared 12×
- scared that 8×