scaring

Example Sentences

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Resisting AI innovation is as wrongheaded as overselling its immediate impact and needlessly scaring American workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

In horror, more is more — more gore, more jump scares, more shadowed silhouettes; all in service of scaring the viewer.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Many restaurants, after raising prices to cover for the past several years of supply shocks, are now trying to find ways to cut them after scaring customers away.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

Leaflets in packs should be changed to reflect this and avoid scaring people off using the life-saving pills, say the authors.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

There is only one way to get rid of her, and that is to enlist Chucha’s help in scaring the young woman.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez