How To Use Scared In A Sentence

Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
I was too scared to move.
You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that.
I could see my homeboy was scared, but that little Maya tried to kick at the old man.
I am scared to fly in a plane.

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I wanted to ask her out but was scared that she might refuse.
The thunder scared the children.
Rabbit behavior My 12 week old lop ear house rabbit has a thing about nibling my son and she hurts him. how can i stop her from doing it coz he is now starting to get scared of her. i tell him its a sign of affection and i dont want him scared of her please help Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
The residents of Mufulira that number about 800,000 are scared to drink the tap water for it could be contaminated. Water Contamination Scare in Zambia
And he was so scared, he did not go to school yesterday because he sensed that, for being what they call a snitch, something bad would happen to him. CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2009
Note the telling musical score, anticipating events, cueing the audience as to when to be scared, assuming we cannot figure that out ourselves.
I'm scared he'll run into health problems and will just keel over one day. The Sun
She stopped dead in her tracks like a scared rabbit when she saw us.
People are scared to use the buses late at night.
I was scared I'd get the push.
Local businesses were scared into paying protection money.
He's in the prison, he's dobbing on his prison mates, on other inmates, and he's very scared for his life.
But after that, I was so scared of dishonoring her, I insisted that for a month we only meet in the kitchen garden in full view of the convent!
Whatever else may be said of him, Mr Meese is not scared of a fight.
(An interjection here: my wife awoke, scared by an evil dream. SMOKE AND MIRRORS
He was scared of incurring his father's wrath .
Doctors are so scared of being sued that many will refuse to treat high-risk patients or perform difficult operations, medical experts have warned.
It doesn't take a highly trained director to tell a few actresses to run in the woods and pretend to be scared.
I didn't expect him until dinnertime. He just about scared the bejabbers out of me as he sneaked up behind me and burst into this sudden, uproarious laughter.
He didn't know why he was so jumpy lately, every little thing scared him.
I was so scared something would happen to her. The Sun
January 11th, 2007 at 6: 49 am it scared the living daylites out of me! tyler rynd Says: Scary Maze
He's scared stiff of women.
For some reason, all of this has scared the bejabbers out of the Democrats.
Just for the record, I am not brave, perhaps a bit foolhardy, and just as scared of dying as the next man.
The company commissioned research into consumer attitudes to new technology which showed that we are all a bunch of lily-livered, scaredy-cats when it comes to trying new gizmos.
He had asked to wear thick underclothes under his shirt as he was very concerned that if he shivered in the cold, the crowd might think that he was scared.
He wasn't ill, Sophie decided. He was just plain scared.
He was daring and intelligent, produced huge plays and scared defenses with his orchestration of the offense.
But not in a way that makes you feel a bit uneasy and scared. The Sun
Personally, I'm feeling as dejected, disappointed and scared as I am angry.
I'm Not Scared may signal a renewal of compelling, socially aware Italian film-making.
Everyone is scared, waiting fearfully for the next attack.
He was feeling guilty and depressed, repentant and scared.
As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed (at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums) at Idle's startling transformation into ol 'Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin 'and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals. Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah: Monty Python Strikes Again!
I was a bit scared because there was this complete polarisation in the room, and everyone in the band's eyes swivelled towards me and they were like, "You've got to deal with this, love. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows
All in all, she was suddenly feeling so deeply vulnerable that she was scared to death of what might happen next.
For months I've been wandering around, burbling about how crazily happy I am, scared it would end since I don't know how it started.
Scarlett just stood beside me, watching all the other scared freshman pile into the gym.
Remember also that most people, despite their confident appearance and demeanor, are often as scared as you are and as doubtful of themselves.
He scared me a little because he got too close to other bodies from time to time because he is not supposed to take contact. Times, Sunday Times
It must really irk you guys that Mccain and bush pretty much agree with the democrats on illegal immigration. and you are scared dems will destroy oil companies? wont unrenewable fossil fuels do the job anyways? Duck, It's Hillary!
He lost control of his temper, which scared me into hitting the kerb. Times, Sunday Times
Instead she spent lonely hours at home, scared that she may never hear again.
Even a friendly dog will bite if it's scared.
We provide help for young people who are in the closet and are too scared to come out.
She took a turn for the worse last night and I'm scared she's not going to see out the weekend.
The first time this had happened to her, she had been scared to death.
‘Some of the scaredy-cats sprint right to Danielle to be on her team because they know she'll handle it,’ says Manning.
If we are too scared about immigration we force people to be here all the time. Times, Sunday Times
Spider let out a weird high-pitched cackle that scared Miguel.
I would've been scared of being accused of being unromantic or cheap.
Yet too many people are scared to become ill. Times, Sunday Times
His Halloween programme Ghostwatch so scared my children that I have had to sleep on a camp bed in their room.
My grandson is an outdoors boy who likes to hunt and I have been scared to death that he will take his pocket knife to school. Tiny LEGO Gun Spells Big Trouble For Student
She is scared of going out alone.
Playing scared is the quickest route to the rail. Times, Sunday Times
She is scared of the ruinous power of the media, for visual signs carry much greater importance in the civilized world than words.
This has scared off some buyers from purchasing expensive homes. Times, Sunday Times
I was scared of the big dog.
Many rape victims are too scared to report the attack to the police.
The administration is running scared.
This could be because my blog is the least popular of the twelve, but I like to think it's because people are so scared of my rapier wit that they dare not cast their vote for me.
The country has no reason to believe that 2005 will see any reversion to the unchecked lawlessness that, at J'Ouvert in Port-of-Spain, for example, has scared away some would-be participants.
I don't think that revealing your past to your boyfriend scared him off.
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He needed to stand up for himself, be more outgoing, and stop being such a scaredy-cat.
Those fearmongering and claiming nimby are foolish – or running scared. Feds to tour Michigan prison where Gitmo detainees could go
There’s also something naughty and juvenile about Halloween that appeals to me … the idea of being 14 or 15 and on a “date” with a boy you have a big crush on and being at a scary haunted house and that being the perfect excuse to be scared and maybe flirty … if a 14 year old even really knows what flirty is (I know I didn’t). Halloween baby! « 1979 Semi-Finalist…
I'm a bit of a scaredy cat to be honest, not a thrill-seeker. The Sun
He wasn't hurt, he was well padded with his flak suit, but he was scared.
All this in a few seconds and as suddenly as it started it finished and I leapt out of bed, grabbing my glasses and running into the hallway, more adrenalised than scared.
It must have been 1967 when I first had the bejesus scared out of me by this tale - and then learned the strange attraction of re-exposing oneself to this waking nightmare.
'Scared stiff' is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
Maybe writers are a bit scared of those emotions and where they lead. Times, Sunday Times
He's scared of spiders.
The new management group was scared.
Witnesses are too scared to come forward. Times, Sunday Times
He could run without the trainmaster giving him any hints, and I began to get scared, for I knew it was all down hill from Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America
The boy scared up enough money to go to university.
Eels swaying through the waterweed and nosing up to the surface, a turtle sunning itself on a rock and stretching a hind leg lazily, and great big bearded dragons posed on rocks with their tails hanging down into the path, scaring – and being scared by – small children. Dragons in the garden
He said he had noticed that they all started with the same scraggy street kid hair cuts, their shoulders drooped, they were shy and they were scared.
The servants who worked for her were too scared to say anything. The Times Literary Supplement
Why are so many men scared to commit? .
Once Mohammed said that beyond the coral, the sea is 60 foot deep, I felt too scared to go out any further.
I'm so scared of showing up that day and hitting myself in the forehead - We forgot to order the challah!
He got so that he was scared of falling asleep, so he'd go downstairs to the living-room instead, with a winter coat on over his pyjamas.
Claims that such systems make pets anxious and scared mean few owners use them. Times, Sunday Times
The average break-in crook will be scared away, as for true killers/dope heads that's another story. I heard that if you load hollow point bullets in your home defense weapon, and if you shoot and kill an intruder, that you can g
But not in a way that makes you feel a bit uneasy and scared. The Sun
She was more angry than scared. Very angry, terribly angry.
Suddenly a loud ringing sound scared me… what was that?
At the zoo, the kingsnake started to wrap his body around the zookeeper's arm when he got scared.
The title scared me a little, i thought someone was transfering off ER… like scott or randy or the guild… EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Moving on up to a new server…
And at those moments, I just kept reminding myself that being scared or panicking is not going to help us. Reviled And Revered, TARP Expires
For a moment her mask slipped, and I saw how scared she really was.
The thieves got scared and ran away.
I am scared that the plane might crash.
She not only insulted me when I served her a drink, but she scared me halfway out of my mind.
He tried to entertain Holly the best he could, though she was probably scared senseless by the smell of tobacco and the guarded expression Poppy always wore under all circumstances.
I remember this as being an outstandingly scary film when I was a young boy (the bit where the vamps sweep down on the police man at the start of the film scared me witless).
Some of these people are feeling scared, defensive and deeply traumatised by the criticism and abuse we have been subjected to over the past two years. Times, Sunday Times
I am a person for whom religion has never been important in my life, and I am really scared of the power of religion now.
Employees are scared to enforce their rights because if they did they would be unfairly dismissed.
‘I'm not a scaredy-cat,’ she protested, pouting slightly.
He had attempted to sexually assault the woman but was scared off when she shouted for help.
She was more angry than scared.
Strange, he hadn't seemed the type to be scared of bogeymen.
Don't be scared by the test me step though, as it is more like a ‘practice me’ because you get clues and hints as soon as you take a wrong step.
But the Sri Lankans didn't help themselves by using scaredy-cat fields and just hoping summat might turn up.
Skyler did as he was told but grew scared when he saw his father remove his belt; he had never been punished by belt before.
He was old-fashioned, backward-looking, scared of change and progress.
I don't think I scare easily, but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend.
Extreme heat, a lot of sweat and a dirty working environment have surely scared away many youths, who dream of working in a sharp suit in a cool office.
It scares people and people who are scared are more malleable, more easily led.
Democrats facing re-election are scared of appearing unpatriotic, fearing for their one-seat Senate majority.
A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish.
A black bear cub peers from a Cottonwood tree after being scared up there by a visitor to the Whitewater Canyon nature preserve near Palm Springs, California.
She knows she must run for election in 2010, and the lass is running scared. Senator Gillibrand Relocates Rifles
I was scared witless the last time Tina drove me down to London.
In the case of the policeman who is suing for being put back on the beat, he described an incident where he happed upon the scene of a road accident and was too scared to go and help.
Is it a scared refusal to see Islamist terrorism for the implacable, irrational enemy it is?
This way any victims previously too scared to come forward can get justice. The Sun
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Quite honestly, she scared the wits out of me. Christianity Today
There exist technophobes who are scared of the technology and will not use it even if they have access.
But danger is just around the corner when the scared horse rears up on its hind legs! The Sun
This killer instinct that our neo had that caused her to fight to the death with abandon is what scared the hell out of us. Page 2
The schoolgirl said she had been scared and had wanted to cry out but she couldn't seem to find her voice.
While all this nonsense is designed to gin up the GOP's growing full-mooner base, it has also scared more than a few Democrats in Congress. GOP to America: Be Afraid... Please.
We recall that something hurt or scared us and these memories help to trigger our nervous system. Times, Sunday Times
Don't creep up on me like that - you scared the shit out of me.
It's a good thing the young'uns have scared the nasty nabobs that run the labels with their high jinks.
When excited or scared, a white streak appears on the sides, extending backwards from the pectoral fins.
That kiss was like nothing I had felt before and not in a nice way, it was possessive, aggressive and demanding… it scared me.
One reason I see for this occurrence is the libtards who want to ban guns and hunting have us running scared and the powers-that-be in the shooting community have developed this "cult of safety" (to show our "worthiness" to keep the hunting/shooting tradition) whereby every person that makes a mistake, no matter the degree, deserves excommunication from our church/religion. Illinois Hunter Killed By Friend In Bowhunting Accident
Scared away by the noise of crackers, street dogs return to their regular haunts after nearly three days.
Kelsey and I watched in shock as people yelled in fear and ran from the fire; scared dogs began barking and yelping, helpless in their cages.
I was scared out of my wits
Mel isn't easily scared off by that and accepts the invitation to fight the man.
'Scared stiff' is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
Soon enough he stood up along with the other passengers and made his way by the scared stewardess and off of the plane.
He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident.
Sitting amidst this scared, insecure clique is Reiser, spinning a web of bullshit like a master hypnotist. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
A month of intense police activity has left criminals ‘running scared’, according to the most senior police officer in North Yorkshire.
One woman who was forced from her home four years ago and is still too scared to return says she hopes the UN force will do more for the estimated 500 000 people displaced by the fighting.
There are some really funny Buddhist stories like the one about the zen master being scared shitless being driven in a car along hair-raising roads … but being present with his scared shitlessness. Suffering and Enlightenment « Tales from the Reading Room
He was horribly scared now.
She had bustlingly pushed Martin through the door and settled her wrap and taken a mincing, elegant pose, ready for the street, and waved her hand and made wide, scared eyes at Hannele, and was gone. The Captain's Doll
There were a number of scared and bewildered children crying in their parents' arms.
If you are too scared to rock the groupie look, go for hippy florals over jeans or leggings. The Sun
He had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the colonel, but he looked very scared and puzzled now that the same thing had come upon himself. Sole Music
But, to be downright honest I am scared of losing the four to five people who are absolutely precious to me now and I really do not want to even imagine what life would be like once they move on.
They had their opponent running scared.
He scared me a little because he got too close to other bodies from time to time because he is not supposed to take contact. Times, Sunday Times
One foreign employee at a legal advocacy group said: 'China wants to be a main player internationally but seems so scared of anything with a foreign connection. Times, Sunday Times
I'm clearly not up on my aliens, but I must say, any alien with a goopy, slimy podlike thing sends me under the covers scared. MIND MELD: The Best Aliens in Science Fiction
The accident scared me out of my.
Witnesses are too scared to come forward. Times, Sunday Times
How many other students would scared and nervous armed students have killed? Times, Sunday Times
I watch from my scaredy-cat corner. Times, Sunday Times
In the village were only scared-looking women standing in small groups, glancing fearfully around.
But she means the world to me and I'm scared something will happen again. The Sun
He had looked scared out of his wits, but the more she had pressed for an explanation, the more he had clammed up. FINAL RESORT
The anti-mergers saw the fusions as anti-democratic since they were never consulted, and were scared to lose their communities and local services.
That horror film we saw last night scared the living daylights out of me.
Most of these people are scared stiff of entering the political arena on their own but eager to do so hidden under some obscure umbrella.
I was scared of the big dog.
Luckily we've been through so many swamps and rivers and I think they are far more scared of us than we are of them. The Sun
It scared the hell out of me.
We did it umpteen times in practice; enough times that I was no longer scared. Times, Sunday Times
As far as I can see, many Black wimmin, the descendants of these violated and disrespected slave wimmin are writhing in the grip of some serious erotophobia (scared of tha nasty). 1TBM
It is in fact one of those animal cries that is both scary and scared in equal parts, a shriek that would make an intruder really think twice about going any further into a burrow.
There’s a whole lot of people out there in shitty situations, and a whole lot of them are every bit as pissed and scared as I was, or more. Every little thing is going to be all right | Johnny B. Truant
To me, ti just looks like the fools are running scared.
Never mind that your average youth will hit you in the head or laugh at you out loud when you are wearing a mankini, the one thing he won't be is scared or offended by it.
She messages me all the time but I still feel jealous and scared. The Sun
Maria glanced around the room with her scared eyes.
He was also scared shitless -- he was facing up to 30 years in prison. Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega: The "Texas Two": How Did Two All-American Boys From Midland Texas Wind Up Charged with Domestic Terrorism?
So can prison officers and staff - because the government are scared of violent reactions from people supposedly in the power of the State if 'snout' is taken away. Nanny State, Police State
I got scared and I ran and left her all alone.
I was almost in range for the shot I wanted when my over-enthusiastic buddy stormed in above me and scared the fish away.
The biggest fear was one that could easily happen and was what scared them most!
Being called a scaredy cat, among other names, never bothered me. Weapons of massdistraction › A Sad Day On The West Side
During the last few months, I'd had visions of him running away, scared and shamed by my unnatural passion.
You had us scared half to death.
She was more angry than scared. Very angry, terribly angry.
But she was four and scared stiff. Times, Sunday Times
So other emotions, such as being scared or stoic, could come as a surprise.
She also claimed women were scared into being overly concerned about ageing by cosmetic companies.
The hesitant robins were nowhere to be seen - I fear I may have scared them off.
And people joked about it, used to add up how many cuts of the cane they got as a mark of honour and so on, but I was scared.
Forcing companies to place workers around the boardroom table could have scared them away. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps because of the fear of certain people that a bunch of teenagers or wacked out internet phreaker/hacker trolls were going to trash it people got scared and started trying to control certain aspects of it. Discuss: Future of Wikipedia?
He saw that she showed no sign of being scared on account of the occurrence of a political incident.

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