scarier

Example Sentences

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"They were shouting the whole time, and it got louder during the film's scarier scenes," she tells the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Hannah once said: “I know a dark alley is scary. But I’ll tell you, there’s no scarier place than a country road at night when the sky’s gone full dark and no stars.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Eye-watering capex, like a blunt medical diagnosis, can sometimes sound far scarier than it ultimately proves to be.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

“It’s scary how good AI music creation is getting,” said Jeremy Maciak, an artist manager and former major-label A&R. “What is scarier is that the consumer doesn’t seem to mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

And as the months went by, she neglected to complain about an even scarier development.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez