Sentence examples for to be scary from inspiring English sources

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to be witty

to be terrified

to be fearful

to be shy

to be petrified

"to be scary" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to describe something or someone as causing fear or being frightening. Example: The old abandoned house was said to be scary, with its broken windows and creaky floors.

Exact(58)

"I want it to be scary.

The New York Times

Has to be scary in parts.

The New York Times

They used to be scary blurry".

The New York Times - Sports

That's almost too realistic to be scary.

The New York Times

Security doesn't have to be scary.

Harvard Business Review

Perry's pots turn out to be scary.

The Guardian - Opinion

She was supposed to be scary.

The Guardian - Books

His radical talk is not meant to be scary.

The New York Times - Arts

I don't attempt to be scary," she once said.

The Guardian

Similar(2)

Frankly, I thought it was going to be scarier.

The New York Times - Sports

Life in the information age seems to be scarier by the day.

University of California, Berkeley

More suggestions(1)

to be unkind

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