scary
Example Sentences
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“I was really nervous to get tested because it is a scary piece of information,” Schiffman said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
To a roaring applause, Max Muncy entered the batter’s box, his first plate appearance since a scary collision with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ildemaro Vargas on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
“Defense is no longer just a panic trade on scary news,” says Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank in Denmark.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The development pipeline for Hollywood just took a scary, but welcome, turn.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
“A big fur fluff-up is very scary to an opponent.”
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Vocabulary lists containing scary
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -y
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Unit 18, Lesson 1
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