scariest

Example Sentences

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It was April 2020, with pandemic lockdowns producing some of the scariest moments for the U.S. economy in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Olsen: Because one of the things I find so remarkable about the character and your performance is she is somehow both the funniest and the scariest person in the movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

"The injury wasn't my scariest, as it didn't happen at a specific moment," she says.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

The scariest thing about buying my fiancée’s engagement ring wasn’t the months of saving up money, nor the anxiety of wondering if she’d love every little detail of the ring I’d picked out for her.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

“He’s just bad for the sake of being bad. That’s the scariest kind of villain, you know?”

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu