I was scared to explore the hole I still had inside myself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m scared he might start hating me as much as all of the others do. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Parts of the road have blind curves that scare her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, scared of us?” someone asked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t stop me from being scared of them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She wanted to ask him to come in and wait out the downpour, but at the same time she found herself actually a little scared of being alone inside with him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They just—they just scared me really badly.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ducky acted like he was scared of basketball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The look in his eyes was scaring me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Leathers, talk to him, calm him. The Old Tongue, he understands the Old Tongue. Keep back, the rest of i you. Put away your steel, we’re scaring him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was confused and scared and didn’t know what to do. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It makes the men like dolls on which the faces have not yet been painted; like scarecrows, which in a way is what they are, since they are meant to scare. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I saw this thing in the grocery store, it scared me half to death,” Deborah told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You scared of getting beat at checkers?” he asked slyly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They seemed a little scared, but I didn’t say anything. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I was kind of scared so I took MacDuff, and there she was, waiting on the lion bench like a princess. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t make it out enough, and it scared him, fear surging into his heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ophie realized that telling her mother the truth about her daddy’s last visit scared her more than all the dead in Pittsburgh. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“See, Matilda? I was right. We have no cause to run out of the city like children scared by a ghost. Lucille will be scolding us by sunrise,” he chuckled. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to look it up before, because I was sort of scared of what I’d find. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Alex wondered what it must be like, not to be hungry and dirty and scared. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s fine. Just a little scared, right, Bobby?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since I started fourth grade, I knew exactly who I was—a scared kid up a tree. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean tricks like...giving somebody bad luck or something like that. Or make someone scared of you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The angry, frustrated soldiers might scare Sam Adams’s black handmaiden out of her wits. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me she could move it out or cover it up if it scared me, but I said I was okay. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The footsteps might have been in her imagination, and while she was standing there scared, Håkon was potentially having his heart cut out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A man in a uniform calls out from behind the gate, scaring the living daylights out of me because I didn’t see him at first. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin’ Newbies.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And then he decided he had to stop scaring himself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was really scared to go to one particular pledge night, because they told us to wear clothes that could get messed up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sure, as long as you don’t scare away the birds.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I knew he was scared because I was too. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Last week alone, she appeared in human form in a dozen different places, scaring the horns off some of my friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That scared her, because it seemed so much like the flu or a cold, when it wasn’t. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Clanging on metal all day long. You’re scaring away the birds!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

People throughout the country were scared it would spread, including the Wedgwoods’ neighbors in Staffordshire. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so scared that he could hardly talk, and Judge Swango had to keep telling him to speak up so the jury could hear. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s scared—I can smell his sweat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I sit by the window, looking down at the faces of my siblings and my foster parents, what starts to scare me a little is how afraid I’m not. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see how scared Angel is and I see how Jordan likes to touch her hair and put his hands on her back. I am not lying!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried going alone,” Mother said, “but I never really liked it. The minute I got into the woods it felt lonely, and I got scared and hurried back to Grandma.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

After werk I walked over six blocks to the school and I was scared. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Travis isn’t going to hurt your dog. He just doesn’t want him to scare off the bulls.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started to think that we had scared her off and both slid down below the window, our backs against the wall, staring out in front of us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He goes on about how he feels trapped because there was no way out of the decision, and down at the bottom he says, ‘Whatever you do, don’t tell Ernest I’m scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

More scared, even, than the time the black panther chased him through the woods back home in Millerstown, New York. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The principal doesn’t seem to be scared at all. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, I straight-up jetted, and because I was so scared of getting caught, I couldn't even feel the pain in my legs anymore. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. It was wrong of me...I know I caused a lot of trouble. It’s that...I was scared.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Though everyone was always afraid of what was happening outside of Chris’s building, that night me and Chris learned that maybe we oughta be scared of what goes on inside, too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After we had turned out the lights he came over to my bed and rubbed my shoulder the way he used to do when he was scared to be in the dark. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though his face was wet, he didn’t look scared. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I tried hard to remember that I wasn’t scared. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I raise my gun, and then I think how the sound might scare the dog off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been scared, but… “No, it didn’t hurt me.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was obviously trying hard to pretend he wasn’t scared of all the recent developments, but his eyes revealed the truth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When he’s drunk, he really scares me, so I try to keep him in control. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas finally got his feet under him, scared all over again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Desis kill at the spelling bee. And my dad was right: When I’m scared, I always feel like I can fight a little harder.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’m scared of snakes” “If we have a problem with snakes, Dill can handle it,” Travis said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

"It's a lot easier to be scared together." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was really scared, I remember, and my mom wasn’t there. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like to admit I was scared, but I didn’t want to lie, either. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were now scared, but framed by a ridiculous lopsided tangle of hair. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But I don’t know how to act strong, be strong all the time, when I’m mostly scared and alone and lonely. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was strange, even though this was the bedroom of some little girl who’d kicked the bucket, I wasn’t feeling scared or nervous at all. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Duke of Westminster gave a guttural squawk and pretended to be scared, and Bod and the three of them swung down the wall of graves with the two new creatures in pursuit. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Somebody come down the East End like you did, all by hisself, a fishbelly, get all up in my face” — he rippled a stick along the deer-pen fence — “I knew scared wasn’t it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys like to scare one another with stories after dark. They talk about vampires and the chupacabras. It’s natural, but sometimes it gets out of hand.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was in an obscure side pocket of my bag, I was too scared to unwrap it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I rush to my locker to grab my things, like I’m scared Bo might leave without me or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In another life, one before whatever had happened to her had happened, I was pretty sure she would have been just another girl I was scared of. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But Arion scared him, and Frank was pretty sure the horse knew it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It scared me, but I couldn’t stop reading, couldn’t stop imagining—what if it were possible, all these things that they wanted. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The change was so sudden that I was shocked, and a little scared. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you care? You left her behind! What, are you scared she’s going to sneak into your camp and make you all sick? She’s jine. There’s nothing wrong with her!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No wonder Lissa had been scared when I stepped out of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, kid, but it’s like you’re asking for it. Don’t make yourself a target. Things are complicated in the world right now. People are scared. Do you understand?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I was scared,” Elizabeth brought out, shivering, still compelled to speak. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But he soon realized that the Virginia name might have been scaring off the very people his pitch was intended for. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

If I thought about it like a science lesson, I wasn’t scared at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Margaret usually honest with me, so I know she saw something got her all scared. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

To get spooked, in the lingo, meant not only to get scared but to get killed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked back out there, the bird was long gone, probably scared off by the outburst of yelling that was going on in my classroom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The players were walking off the field at an old football stadium where youth soccer games were now played, when Tracy spotted Grace, whom she recalled as shy and scared. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Jack thought it might scare the old lady.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay. The electricity went off and me and Tiger were just sitting here in the dark, trying not to be scared.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in spite of Doctor Nolan's reassurances, I was scared to death. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Roma are my people. We have traveled all over the country, hunting and selling beadwork and leather or telling people's fortunes. But wherever we go, people act half fascinated, half scared of us." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

This was real respect, the kind you can’t beat or scare out of people. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dorothy had never met Uncle Johnny before that day His straight black hair and white skin scared her. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had never been so scared, but still she walked forward until she reached the sac. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But I’m too scared to think straight, so I put on my clothes and go. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But on the other hand, Maya knew that the problem was bigger and more complicated than that, and it scared her that she didn’t know how to figure it out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It had been almost a year since the welfare man had scared us into cleaning the house, and it was once again an unholy mess. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” he said, and took a sharp breath, “I was just wondering if it would scare you away.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She picked up Conrad, looking scared as she did. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Still it would be better to give Fulcher a scare by running well in the heat. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I was scared she might have gotten you last night.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I sit out here at night and watch people scare themselves. It’s fun. What are you doing here?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I’d placed her things inside the tin box and buried it out there late one night by flashlight, too scared to leave them hanging around in my room, even in the back of a drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m too scared about what everyone else would think. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to explain now. You just had the beans scared out of you. jCaray! I got scared watching you. Come inside where you can have a bath and something to eat.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we watched “The Best of Both Worlds, Parts I and II”—Dad made a special exception to the one-a-night rule for cliff-hangers—Laleh got scared and ran up to her room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am looking forward to that, but it also scares me a little. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She sensed the true dimensions of my desire, and it scared her. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kids are so scared of the pinching man. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” whimpered a little voice, “I’m scared. Turn on the light.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At that moment she was too scared even to cry. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I told him if he didn’t want to be just friends, fine with me, I wasn’t scared of him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hope my last letter didn’t scare him off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They were green and scared, and had no idea how to protect themselves or work as part of a unit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And something about a talented friend who was guarding it. Whoever this friend was, she scared Otis. Anyone who can scare a giant...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the way downstairs, the shock of the cold tile on my feet wakes me up, makes me suddenly scared. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could scare up a little easy work for Johnny’s kids to do after school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked scared and tired, the same as me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The one called Davenport was pretty brusque. The other one—the Italian—was nicer, but he scared me. Didn’t say much, just listened. He’s much more clever than the other one....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was why he’d been too scared to go to the rally. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to think I’m crazy, because that would definitely scare him away, and I wouldn’t even blame him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“When you didn’t come back, I got really scared. Don’t ever do that again.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait! Tell them why you were scared, Peach!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His appearance scared Stevens, that first delivery months before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was scared a lot of the time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I should have been scared then, and I was, but that wasn’t all I felt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He bowed quickly and apologized for scaring her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But just the idea scared me so bad I made up that Papa had told me to build a shelf on the back porch for Mama’s flower-potting stuff. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was so happy and excited, but not scared that it might be a failure. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’re all small, scared, helpless animals, our legs caught in the teeth of a steel trap. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Freak is giving me this look like he has no idea what's going on, and that look scares me more than Iggy Lee and all his tattoos. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Willy, probably upset and scared about being in a new room, started yelping at the top of his lungs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The last time she had felt this scared and alone, she’d been seven years old. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’d been so scared, so protective, that I hadn’t even felt anger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I did want to hold the eaglet, but I was scared,” he says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He felt hot and scared and unable to breathe. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam stared at the last of his pork pie and gave a feeble shake of his head, too scared even to talk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand why everyone was acting so scared. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Grover,” I said, because he was really starting to scare me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, 'Now listen – you've got to do what I tell you, because I know how to get down from here and you don't, and I'm not scared and you are. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I look them both square in the eyes and say, “I’m not scared of you.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Wherritt staggered in panic from one end of the car to the other, driving passengers before him “like scared sheep,” according to one account. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"At supper, there were still places on the bench when he got his pie, but he was too scared to come sit with us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"You leave Weasel alone, she's just scared and hungry is all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I feel excited and scared at the same time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The teenage boys were frowning, looking worried—scared, even. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wished that he were mourning Laura: it seemed more appropriate than being troubled by her or, he admitted it to himself now that she had gone, just a little scared by her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It scared her to think of some dangerous thing building inside her, something that could kill her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I could tell I'd given a convincing performance by the way he assured me that he'd keep his eyes peeled for my scared, lost, fake dog. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Maya was pretty sure she agreed only because she was too scared of Maya’s uncaffeinated state to argue. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Again, some people would be scared by this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem right to screw them out of a chance to perform just because I’m more scared than I have ever been in my life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looked scared when she talked, and I wanted to pat her shoulder and tell her Papa would be fine. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered why he wasn’t scared of her: why a dream of a museum could leave him terrified, while he seemed to be coping with a walking corpse without fear. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The place didn’t scare me at all anymore. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Part of me wanted to close my eyes and become Noodles, scared and disconnected, hiding in a corner hoping a superhero would come save me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Bloom, addressing us in the chapel on the eve of our graduation, asked for a show of hands from everyone in the room who was scared about starting work on Monday. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got scared because I woke up already knowing that I'm like this. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first place, he’d get to swishing his tail and stomping his feet at flies and maybe scare off my game. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him so at least once a day, and Tom was scared to death of her. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what it is to say the clever thing because you don’t want anyone to know how scared you are. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m too young. It might scare me. Don’t you know I’m brave? Don’t you know I want to help get Mom back as much as you and Emma do?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was scared that if he shouted at me I’d run away, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And scared. We need to take her away, but she will not go on the ship.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They looked scared, but then one of them poked a gun in his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time she was scared for her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

That scared me, but it excited me, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not allowed to cry,” I tell her as harshly as I can, hoping my tone will scare her into listening. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It scared me how much it scared me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to scare Vivian, and now that she’s here she realizes that even ringing the doorbell would startle her at this hour. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Kind of. A dark place. I remember there wasn’t anything to be scared of.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When he sat up to take the shell from her she was scared and dropped it, spilling all the water, and then she wept, and wiped her eyes with her long whitish-grey hair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was scared to look at his face; it was easier to just stare at the pattern on his duvet cover. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But night doctors weren’t just fictions conjured as scare tactics. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I thought that if I could silently pass gas I would scare off the deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Let's talk about that tomorrow. Today was a lot for us, and I feel almost like I'm walking around in my sleep, scared this is just a dream." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Angry ghosts had a deep purple aura that scared Ophie, and she tried to avoid looking at those ghosts as much as possible. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Their loud voices scare off the sun! The sun is afraid of their hairy faces!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Mama had me by the hand and was dragging me out from under, yelling in a scared voice: “Run, Travis, run!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I think so,” replied Gerald, who was getting more angry than scared. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized he was talking about endangering me himself, or at least making me believe my life was in danger—scaring the hell out of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Yo, you scared me. Don't be creeping up on folks like that. Get you messed up, man." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It has to be dark for that, pitch dark. Are you scared to be outdoors in the middle of the night?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was sure the roar of my truck would scare me, whenever I got to drive it again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody answered the door, and I was already down the steps when Shelly appeared from behind the trailer and nearly scared the you-know-what out of me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sounding almost too scared to ask, he said, “Are we going anyway, Ob? Going in to see it?” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t kiss her she’d think I was scared of girls, if I did kiss her she might blab or Bugs might see me and tell strangers about what happened. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe they just wanted to scare me out before I drew another ace. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You must look scared, Eleanor. Don't worry. I promise no cutting." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“No idea. Which is why I’m scared to death that what we’re about to do is a whole pile of stupid. Could be a bloodbath.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably scared to. I bet he doesn’t even sign those notes.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were scared to or didn’t want to. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As scared as I am of hiding that burner phone between my mattress and the wall, I’m so thankful that it made this moment in the pantry of the Mess possible. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’m scared of how much I need you. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I reckon I was scared to,” I mumbled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was so worried and scared that I didn’t even hear Sam coming until I was across Read’s pasture and climbing over a stone wall at the other side. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Old Granny again, toothless and wrinkled; Kenny, his eyes sorrowful when I told him we were going; Sacrabani’s face, white and scared as it often was. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scared off a squirrel that was sitting on the lid of the wood bin that held all his stuff; then he opened the lid and rummaged through the contents. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Poppy recalled, “When I saw a sign for hot dogs, I thought they were made of dog meat. It scared me. I thought the big shiny trash cans were mailboxes.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t let me go in—wouldn’t let anyone go in—you really scared her . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I would have enjoyed the sight of so many people who had terrorized me being terrorized themselves, except that I was twice as scared as they were. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Little Ann came in the store, walking like she was scared. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared to death of you—I mean a man who’d do what you’ve done—” “Then you don’t know me as well as I thought you did,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a brave little fellow and one could see that he was trying not to be scared by the Gorgon who towered above him. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think the look Rufus gave him scared him a little. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they’d been scared away by the food—herring in rancid oil, stale black bread, and some kind of butter that looked distinctly mossy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They seemed to scare most people senseless, and if they were stationed all around the school, Black’s chances of getting inside seemed very remote. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was something both heartbreaking and awesome about that big boy being scared of some fifth/sixth grade special kids. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am so scared I feel like I have to go to the bathroom. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You sit out here at night and scare people?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I am so furious that there’s no room for being scared. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she said all that, it made me really scared. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Course, everyone gets scared when something like this happens in case You-Know-Who’s behind it.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It charges, it stops, it flaps its ears—tries to scare you. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

As grateful as I was for Dave’s protection, he scared me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But, for some reason, I didn’t feel scared about what had just happened. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And that boat tried to help—I suppose she was that scared. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those people I scared when I ran in with the bloody nose—all dead if the Committee got to them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, I know a man so stingy that he wouldn’t eat out in the sunlight, ’cause he was scared his shadow might ask for some of the food!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The idea was new to Moss, and it scared him a little. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Big teeth—sometimes he used to scare me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t spoken or moved since the two women had appeared, and that scared him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was shocked, and scared, and glad he told me, and also nervous about what to do about it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

My uncle says that when you tell stories, it’s like letting out all the scared inside of you, I said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

How can I tell her not to be scared when I'd be terrified? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You don’t try to scare people in broad daylight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being scared they might pitch out, I started swerving around the holes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So far, aside from one scare—at five, Milton had nearly died from a mastoid infection— they had both been healthy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If the nuns were scared of my mom, Hazel wondered, what would they make of this goddess? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Luckily, enclosed spaces were not one of the many things that scared the hell out of me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If he runs off and hides somewhere I can’t check on him all the time, I’ll be just like Jasmine and everyone else: scared out of my mind that I’ll never see him again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The dream was still fresh and vivid in his mind’s eye, but he could not explain to himself why it had scared him so. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Harry bellowed: He could feel the locket quivering in his grip and was scared of what was coming. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy was scared and kind of freaking out, but it felt so good just to cry and have a real person hear her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want anyone to think I was a baby so I said, “Not exactly scared, sir, maybe I am a little bit nervous.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But more than that, they were also scared to death. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nailed me, my eyes, my trying not to look scared. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I am not going to run scared,” Minerva stated before Dedd could even begin convincing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was a whisper, small and scared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He thought about his friend Thalia, who was scared of heights even though she was the daughter of the sky god. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If she hadn’t been so scared, she might have. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was a teenager from the houses across the highway, trying to scare me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Please, child . . . dear, dear child . . . don’t you be scared.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuition bills scare some students from even applying and leave others with years of debt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He thought of the scared and lonely boy who had run away from Storch’s house. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

What scared Stanley the most about dying wasn't his actual death. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was so nervous and scared at that moment when everyone’s eyes were on me that I wished I were with Papa and Roberto picking cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Monique, why don’t we just leave Jordan? Me and you and Angel could be real happy—and we wouldn’t have to be scared anymore.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared to try it,” Oliver replied, poking at a piece of blackened vegetable. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He's gentle and kind and he disappears too quickly, but it's only because he’s scared. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Janice brandished her silver cap gun at us tired and scared runaway slaves more than Sister Pat’s script had called for. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t until I went all the way back home and sat on the porch and remembered that I’d no longer be going back to my regular school that I got scared. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that makes me scared for him, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I was too scared if I confessed, I’d lose Dad and Noah forever, too cowardly to face it, to fix it, to make it right. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Is he awake and scared and trying to be brave, too? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask her if they ever talked about me, but I was scared the answer would be no and I would look like a loser in front of Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For one reason only: they were scared to set foot outside the house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t scared of him anymore, or angry, or confused, or any of those other feelings. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been scared like that before, not even when Mom died. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I got scared then, thinking that maybe something had happened to my dad. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I am more scared of them than I am of you, and you terrify me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Byrnes seemed to think it could be used like a pistol, to scare the Soviets into behaving a certain way. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all pretty scared of her and didn’t think of her in the way we did the other guardians. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared when the wind blew, shaking the thatched roofs, and I felt as if I were out of my body wandering somewhere. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Which scares the little kid so much she starts sobbing. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He thought, “I’m scaring her. She thinks I’m like that fellow in the hallway.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never asked her to suddenly appear and scare half of my life away. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Red scares and Communist hysteria of the late 1940s and early 1950s destroyed reputations, lives, and livelihoods, as Matilda West’s situation proved. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

However, they seemed too scared to actually say anything. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was trying not to scare you, but that last part was so rushed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s one poem about a kid named Roland who is walking from one country to another, and he’s scared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We might even have been scared of what might happen if word got out to the others. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so scared. I thought you were dead. You were just ly— ly”— her voice broke—''‘lying there in the road!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Funny thing, he looks scared for me to be on this ladder. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They died because they were in Nam, where being scared made you do things you would regret later. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark stumbled a couple of steps backward, stunned by the man’s appearance and scared out of his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The picture is of the same scene as the others: scared people carrying suitcases. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The more scared you are, the bigger Pah gets,” the girl said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew I was scared, but I didn’t know, as Bill Peterson told me later on, that he was scared of me, too. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, my shadow would scare me and cause me to run for miles. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Your foot going crazy, Djo. Is not a good idea to move so. I am scared you will lose the IV, Djo. Oh, somebody! Come quick! We have trouble here!” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often he’d bang the pipe loudly on another junker, as if he were trying to scare something out of the shadows. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I help JB prepare for his tests, but since the incident he’s been studying alone, which has me a little scared because tomorrow is also the big vocabulary standards test. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe they realized they had scared me and were sorry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even have a bicycle, and he was scared to death of dogs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura began, snapping on the overly bright overhead light, scaring off whatever shy passion Yoyo, with the blue thread of her writing, had just begun coaxing out of a labyrinth of feelings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The idea was to scare the looter off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was scared, I can tell you; I'd never seen a girl like that before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bernabe sat there for a while unable to move, staring at the ground, stone-cold scared, and so tight and weak he thought he would vomit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, a longtime officer advised me never to show Holmes I was scared—of him or anything else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we scared him enough,” Claudio said uneasily, snapping his cigarette butt downhill. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to shiver, too scared to cry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared, letting Nicole Castro in on my secrets, but at the same time the vulnerability felt good, and I wanted to let her in a little more. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I think I gave Frightful an awful scare,” he wrote. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now her daughter’s pet was frightened, and even if he had eaten all of the berries she worked so hard to pick, Mama loved the crow and never meant to scare him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

People are either too scared or too stunned to speak. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I reappeared wet, muddy, and scared to death.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no. Don’t get scared. Don’t get tight, honey.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That pathetic holdup try by a scared young kid brandishing a toy pistol? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had not been so sick and scared, that might have come as a relief. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thing was, she wasn’t worried about her nose being broken; she was scared of being grounded for climbing that stupid tree. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They seemed as scared as Harry, whose heart was now throwing itself against his ribs as though determined to escape the body he was about to cast aside. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You scared me. I can fix up a stomach ache.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My spots scared the other children in our village. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to believe Baba, but I’m still scared for my family that is there. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I would scare the words out of her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered getting in trouble one time because he had turned a cross-section kidney and some skeleton legs into a kidney monster and scared the nurse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“That was an eel. And it wouldn’t hurt you either. It might nibble a little, but that’s all. I know it scared you, though.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Someday I’ll be fired on in the air, and I’ll go down in flames just because I’m too blooming scared to fly the plane.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Even I could see how scared he was.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'm scared of what acknowledging any of this says about me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I think, for some reason, Ray was scared that I liked him. You know. Ain’t that dumb? Why would I like a boy who likes boys? I don’t know how he got that dumb idea.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Now,” Matty told the frog, “don’t be scared. I’m going to spread you out a bit and then carefully cut that dead leg away. It’s the best thing for you.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Shame, girl. I’m talking bout shame. What’s your magic? Why you scared of it?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Thirty Minutes Later My dad’s just trying to scare you. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was very high, and I was too scared to even try. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I got scared and hit the brakes and we both jerked forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I try not to think about how scared she musta been when Aaron came after her and I was no use. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was scared when I first saw Dinah move, but now I was curious. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some kids might be scared to be left alone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Whether it had been the gruff voice of an old man or the scared voice of a girl. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I would never get here, if I ran away from everything in the woods that scared me. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He addressed Mr. Weasley’s shoulder, and Harry felt sure he was scared that his father might recognize him if they looked directly into each other’s eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I think I started getting scared a couple blocks from Delaney’s place. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That would help keep Pita from getting scared. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Every Cyclops knows about her. Stories about her scare us when were babies. She was our jailer in the bad years.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Whatever trick you did yesterday. You didn’t scare me.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A young fellow, skinny with wide eyes and a scared look on his face looking up at the store sign. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It scares me to think about facing all those people. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"He'd never dare hurt me. He's scared of Summer, no matter what he says." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even though R.C. scared the heck out of me, I had to say something. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The last time I was this scared I had to sleep in Mommy’s room.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm not scared," Freak says, "I'm looking forward to it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Chuck, I’m so scared this baby is going to be messed up too!” she said in a shuddering breath. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I tried several times, but somehow I couldn’t I wasn’t scared of him, for he never whipped me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so scared because I’d never been away from her a day in my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was scared to be alive then, and I’m scared I’m going to die now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, I had read and heard enough scare stories about the fate of runaways to keep me with the Weylins for several days longer than I meant to stay. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yet they remained close together on the doormat, backs against the door, scared to move farther into the house. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of them later remarked, “I never have seen such a scared bunch of college boys in my life.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“She scares me half to death,” Phoebe said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She was ashamed for the first scared feeling that had come to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I may be craven, but I'm not stupid. I'm sore and my back aches from riding and from sleeping on the ground, but I'm hardly scared at all. Look." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never understand how a girl who loves tornadoes and hurricanes and floods could be scared of a little tick.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, don’t. Easy for you to say, you’re not a boy. You didn’t grow up all your life scared to be ten.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We slowly walked up to him, but before we could scare him, he heard our footsteps and turned toward us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nightmare Me looks up to where she’s pointing and watches attentively, not scared yet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t lie to me. I felt it...my whole body. God, it was like being turned to stone. You were scared—I felt it, you were scared!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When I saw the hint of a smile, I arched an eyebrow and that, I guessed, scared it away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just knowing they could never hurt you—that would scare people. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She knew how sad and scared and desperate they were. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But only because I was too scared and sick and hurt to. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You know that’s what a lot of religion was, right? Just made-up things used to scare people so they could control us better.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I lost track of time, until the thudding crack of something dropping inside Doc’s cabin scared me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had to be just as scared and miserable as she was, and she loved him for trying to make her feel better. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It's not that I was scared of being punished or getting in trouble with my mom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I was scared of math because math couldn’t do anything to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

While Seabiscuit steamrolled around the Santa Anita turns, buzzing the infield spectators and scaring the hell out of everyone, Kayak began to come into his own. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so delicious, it almost scared me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since Irvie was as scared of girls as Maria was of spiders, he sat on his hands, but just in case he changed his mind, Maria’s hand went up. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our teacher, Mr. Siegfried, turned to see what was going on, and Stephanie, having properly scared every one of the guilty five to death, smiled, closed the door, and took her seat. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I declare, Frank Gilbreth,” she told him, "sometimes I think you’re more trouble than all of your children. Red ink! And you think it’s a joke to scare a body half to death. Red ink!” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried she’d be scared when the Henrietta in the book has to live all on her own, but she just closed her eyes quietly and listened. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I think it is for your own good not to get into that plane. It scares me.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s daytime,” I said, reaching for Pita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It looked as though they were scared to perform any spell that might make the Roberts family fall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was intrigued by the idea of secret signs, but I was scared too. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that her parents were scared of Pet in a way that was different from hers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Virginia, you scared me! What are you—?” She spots my bag. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You scared me half to death,” my mother said to Granny. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if through dark glass I could see him lying flat in his circle of sandbags, silent and scared, listening, telling himself it was all a trick of the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one smooth motion, he had Adam up against the wall, his forearm pressed across his chest, and Adam looked wide-eyed and scared, a fish out of water. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t duck now, just because I was scared. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It almost seemed to her and other teachers as if students were scared of it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How small she looked, how weak and frail and scared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently she decided she could, because she said in a sudden rush, “He scares the other children.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

That I know where Sandy was yesterday, and that I’m too scared to tell anyone. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe not involved, not yet, but scared for her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

His voice could make me shiver and become too scared to move. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen, rat, you don’t scare me! I’ll give you our answer. You get nothing! Now do you understand that?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Charlie doesn’t say anything, but I know he’s scared by the way he keeps looking around the corners of the other rooms as we reach the top of each flight. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then Little Arliss came crowding past me, asking in a scared voice what was the matter with Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Commandant told us to finish them off before they left the Gap, and you go running into the woods like a scared little girl—” “He stabbed me, all right?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I still wasn't scared because I could look in his eyes and see he wasn't trying to fight me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It scared me—I couldn't understand why—that she might have forgotten that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and said what I’d been scared to admit to myself. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Jacqui’s just stressed and scared. It’s how she deals with it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I cleared my throat quietly so I wouldn’t sound scared. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was such a noisy pest that I always figured he’d scare off the game. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked as scared as Loo, only quieter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘How come I didn’t think of that! I bet a nickel my little scared Bubber been staying in my home all the time.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The books depressed me, scared me, made me stuff Kevin’s sleeping pills into my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor’s examination gave her a scare, but not on account of the questions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the discus that scared the cat away. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And I have to tell you something else, too: I was scared. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I am overwhelmed, and for a second it scares me, like the time Zack set all my alarm clocks to go off at once. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“If I wished to scare a spoiled rich protected creature, I would not have to try very hard.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t going to let Tantalus scare me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His guardian looked almost heartbroken then, and Bod found himself scared, like a child who has woken a sleeping panther. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what got into them, I really don’t. Are you sure you didn’t say anything to scare them off?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, down deep inside, I was so scared I couldn't look Chelsea in the eye. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, I cleared my throat so I didn’t scare her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A moment later, we heard the engine of the police car scream to life and tires skidding in the dirt, scaring our chickens into a bunch of squawking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sitting there in that truck with nothing but the mountain in front of me, I was so scared I could hardly breathe. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was so scared I shook all over. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not scared of the bear, but I am scared of being alone.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m more scared of you than you are of me.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Stop scaring yourself with crazy notions, you sound like you're on the bottle again." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whimpered like a scared animal and nearly tripped over a pile of old clothes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“For your information, I’m not scared of anything.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked inside I began to get a scared feeling in the pit of my stomach. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turn and dash off like he scared she gone get him. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Where on earth did you—You scared me half to—Oh, Sally.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His cousins said it was because people were scared of what they would learn if they asked. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared of that place. They’ll hurt me! I don’t want to go.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If it had not been for the cannons scaring them off, they would have easily killed us all.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I know you were watching me, but I was too scared. Now my father is out and my mother is sewing in the back room,” she told us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s just trying to scare us. He wants us to sign those documents.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I had to prove to her I was not scared. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It scared me, but I knew what I said was important and right, and my voice found that full tone voices have when they are expressing something long-felt and long-understood and released at last. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her through the sagging screen that had a fluffy ball of cotton stuck in the middle to scare the flies away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Frank, Janna,” my mother said, in a voice that sounded scared. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A brother of the Night's Watch shouldn't be so scared." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If death stares you straight in the face, believe me, son, you’ll get scared.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s a combination of scared, happy, excited, and sad all at once, like a soft light that glows in my chest and stomach for a few seconds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She looked at Percy, and for just a moment he could see how scared she was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Seeing how confused Papa looked, Hanako started to feel scared, almost dizzy. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He sounded unsure, excited, scared, all at the same time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared and worried about what turmoil the next day might bring. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After the appendicitis scare, the British Broadcasting Corporation invited him to London to appear on a show called Chess Treasury of the Air, and he spent about ten days in England. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned in for a kiss, but before I could meet her in the middle, the funeral home door flew open again, banging against the wall, scaring us both half to death. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I won't lie, that stung a little bit, especially since she knew I was kinda scared to have any real matches. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There is only one way to get rid of her, and that is to enlist Chucha’s help in scaring the young woman. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I was scared of falling, of drowning in the water below. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why it is, but something ’bout that basket don’t worry the fish too much and I can toss it in over and over and not scare ’em atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I felt useless and scared, furious at the same time knowing that I could do nothing to help her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Are you really that scared?” he asked softly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she followed the usher up the narrow stairs to the left boxes, Citra began to get scared. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t bothered to comb her hair properly and she looked scared. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am scared to think of what would happen if we had to choose among ourselves who would stay on the boat and who should die. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“No. I’ve never been threatened before. And I was so scared for you. Why didn’t you just stay quiet?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I took down Casey Palmer, and today I was scared of touching a girl’s hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Here she was in the midst of it, hating it, scared of it, and again she thought of Sula as though they were still friends and talked things over. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Catching my eye, she looks a little scared for me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to squeeze his own scared away the same way I do for Maddy sometimes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But more importantly, maybe she’d been scared of being paralyzed by fear again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Can you imagine a place where white people are scared of Indians and not the other way around? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Papa, why are you going to register today? The pastor talked about being scared. Aren’t you?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That scares me a little, because I’m not sure I deserve to be trusted with something so heavy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even know what it feels like to be scared anymore. It’s complicated.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Now come along. Osh and I were too scared to eat, and I, for one, am starving.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Genie wondered if it was uncomfortable for Grandpop to sit with a gun tucked in the back of his waistband, or if he was ever scared about accidentally shooting himself in the butt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thinking about the rocks made me angry, and being angry made me forget about being scared, so I walked over to the bench and picked up the keys. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been so scared I was going to get in trouble. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was just scared that we would act like condescending boarding-school snobs. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Seeing how scared he looks makes me feel more scared. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scared hell out of me when she did that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What if she was young, or scared? What if her parents made her give us away?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I figured they needed some exercise. I was gonna move them at lunch. You don’t ever do music until afternoon. I didn’t mean to scare you.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You know Gobblers. We was all scared of ’em till we was caught....” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, seeing soldiers with giant guns strapped across their chests always makes me feel more scared and less safe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s my nickname, Cat. Had it all my life. They say my old lady must of been scared by a cat when she was having me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean like really scared,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And the whole time there I was scared stiff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to open it, but somehow, she didn’t scare me as much as she used to. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it was her eyes that scared me the most. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe your people really will hurt us bad—yank out our guts, cut off our fingers—but that doesn’t scare us, Lucky Girl.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beating myself up for being too cowardly, too scared, to say what I knew—what I thought I knew. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to scare away this good news. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me she was scared I’d expose her—the pencil case, sure enough, vanished from view—and I wanted to tell her she’d nothing to fear from me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sam, I’m scared about Father. Let’s not stand here talking.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of telling Audrey how I really felt scared me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Violet rolled away too scared to speak, but raised on all fours to dash. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The younger boy became very scared of being left in the cage, but the elder one comforted him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My father had told me lions were scared of fire. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there, to use Fela’s words, like a scared rabbit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had prom-ised herself she would be a lady, gentle as the queen and as strong as her mother, the Lady Catelyn, but all of a sudden she was scared again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The problem with the falling nightmare is that even after waking up, I’m still scared, as if there’s more to come. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Still, he felt it would be bad if he acted scared. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One time he even barked at Genie, scaring him half to death. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I know that with everyone running around armed and scared right now, it could be anybody. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The real deal is that I was scared the whole time I was there, and so was Freak, even if he won't admit it now. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when the next train came I wasn’t so scared anymore because the sign said so I knew it was going to happen. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was breathing fast, scared and panicky, her eyes going from the blade to him and back again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think she was more scared than we were. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Carter Cowboys were scared of no one, absolutely no one, and just as the Permian players walked around with a shield of invincibility, so did they, a shield ten times stronger. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dylan was admitted overnight three years ago for a heart scare, I was really bummed I couldn’t stay there with him, so I skipped school the next day to hang out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was shaking, scared of what he might do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Just a lot of dead chaperones and camera crew. I was scared I was the only one left alive. Are we the only ones?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“The first time I came here at night, this place really scared me,” she said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What scared me was the idea of French people I'd gotten from movies and situation comedies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even with that little bitty voice she had, she could sort of scare you a little bit. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I crossed my fingers that Anthony was just trying to scare me, and set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The pleasant weather—and the warnings of the coming Indiana winter, which scared those who’d never seen snow—kept them occupied. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There are so many things to be scared of in this world: blooms of jellies. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I guess she was scared of the ghosts that were creeping all around the house and I couldn’t blame her. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was different than being scared and looking at somebody who was maybe as scared as you were. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for scaring you,” he persisted with a slight smile, but then all evidence of teasing disappeared. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been this scared since he was just a kid and woke up in the middle of the night calling for his mother. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed behind, sick to my stomach, embarrassed, and scared. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Neighborhood people are scared of him, and rightly so. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’m pretty sure only a croak would emerge, scaring him off. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I guess being scared gives you a lot of strength because this time the window flew open with a loud bang. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On his first day there, Zannikos, scared and feeling lost, found the building he was looking for, but his mother’s cousin had moved. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Shush,” I say, not wanting to scare the girl anymore. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Right now those boys are a lot more scared of us than we are of them.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stamp my foot to scare them away, but Ma says, “Leave ’em be. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Are you scared to talk to the DA?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I am scared of the monsters and run and run to get away, but no matter how fast or how far I run, I can never escape them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll miss how we never got to bond over sleepovers where everyone stayed up and played Xbox Infinity and board games all night, all because I was too scared. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was kind of scared to go down there. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The world has been taught to be scared of him, but the reality is that he is scared of the world because he has none of the tools necessary to cope with it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s too late to be scared, Joseph. Don’t you want to understand what’s going on?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had to stay with her when Mom was at work, and she began to scare me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You scared your sister with that rat and she fainted'. Ain’t you got no sense at a//?” “Aw, I didn’t know she was that scary.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know where you were. I’ll tell you, I was scared.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to get ready for bed, but all we could hear was Nelson outside whimpering to be allowed to come in, and we became scared out of our minds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was a boy’s voice, young and scared. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Monsters and vampires and witches and stuff don’t scare me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A cortege of guards in dress whites came through, followed by a handful of sorry-looking boys, their skulls visible under their shaven heads, their eyes big and scared, their faces swollen with bruises. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Jess. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to do. I’ve been so scared. I miss you so much!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t wild about touching strangers, especially given that he didn’t seem to have showered in some time, but I said, “It’s all right to be scared, Noah.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For once, Little Arliss was so scared that he couldn’t scream. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Bowdy was too scared to step on the thinnest branches. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Speed had nothing and was just as scared as Deborah. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“So after I activated the pendant, I got scared they’d know a transmission had been sent. I hid it, in case they came looking.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So, I'm a little scared to read what I wrote to you last night. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Jasmine was going out of her mind, scared that something had happened to Sandy! You know that!” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Probably Mama, but I knew he was scared it was Aunt Loma. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t let somebody scare me on my first day. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wish I hadn’t been so scared of Bernard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do no good to be scared. I knew it was coming and I couldn’t stop it, so I just had to deal with it and move on.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Frank was kind of scared to mention it to him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw the matchmaker’s servant running from the room, scared as a chicken about to lose its head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of people were scared to leave their own kingdoms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“What the hell? Do you know how scared I was? I searched everywhere. I went as deep as I could before I ran out of air and had to come back up, like, three times.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pa ran out the front door, screaming to scare them back. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They threw rocks to scare away the poisonous cottonmouth snakes, then dropped into the water from tree branches or dove from muddy banks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I was scared to actually get out of the car, but if you pulled down the center segment of Harold’s backseat, you could reach directly into the trunk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Only thing scares me is bringing a ripped-up book back to Miss Cook at the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I’m nervous, not because I’m scared or I might get lost, but because Mom doesn’t know. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“We all did, Kenny. There ain’t nothing wrong with being sad or scared about that. I’m sad about it too. I got real scared too.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the coyotes howling, which had scared him as a kid until he got used to it and until he began to travel with a .22, killing the coyotes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know just where to—" "We don't need him if he's scared," said Hollis. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, no, I’ll just find a cab. Don’t bother yourself on — ” and then her face went white and I turned around to see what had scared her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to go over and play with him, but I was scared. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Even if everyone in town wasn’t scared to death, I doubted I’d be able to find anyone willing to speak with frank honesty about the dead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now she was confused, now she was just plain scared. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have to joke about it because the alternative is to be scared out of your wits. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The snarling dogs Fred had scared away from the old-timer in the alley had both been “rescued” by Big Tony. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My stomach squeezed up and I felt kind of scared for a minute. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Gerald had been so scared and so confused that he wasn’t sure which of her demands to answer first. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think you’d understand—didn’t want to scare you. She mentioned she told you the truth,” he says. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Were you scared, Isa? You saw him, right? He looked like a werewolf, right?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I am so scared for that. I still have no idea what I’m going to say. I would love to have you guys there.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He sounded so serious that I felt scared. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s scared and slippery as I wait for something to happen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

That she wasn’t scared of going deep, deep down in a world of no air and little light. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They daren’t confide in each other, not knowing whom to trust; they are scared to speak out, in case their suspicions are true and their families are targeted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to scare the young lady, now do we?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Call us if you want. The school secretary said the lockdown is a precaution. Don’t be scared.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s just like, who’s next? I’m scared for myself because bullets don’t have no names on them. That’s why I don’t go outside. There’s too much going on.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath—two—three, then said, “But I’ll live, as long as you don’t scare the hell out of me again.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m scared of you, don’t you?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk of war and the Commies scared him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth look mad around her mouth and scared in her eyes and sad in the way she set in the chair. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But Finn couldn’t tell if that was because they thought the air was dangerous or because they were scared. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bernard frowns, and it is the same frown I remember from elementary school, but it doesn’t scare me anymore. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The images were so negative, I was sort of scared of being black. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was too scared and too chicken to act, and he abhorred the deep-down feeling of relief in himself, for this must mean, surely, thank God, it signaled the end of the affair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared to shoot till I know you’re out of the line of fire!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I felt so scared, so guilty, even though I'd done nothing wrong." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first years were now moving around the castle in tight-knit groups, as though scared they would be attacked if they ventured forth alone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I was scared they were going to taste like bacon, because that's how Ma had me cooking them—but they still tasted like turkey. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I know what makes them sad or scared or happy. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

An airplane passed overhead on its course to Miami and he watched its shadow scaring up the schools of flying fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You scared it off. I saw it as soon as you did; why did you say for me to look?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I squeezed back like I was scared to let go. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She looks at me for a long time in a way that makes my heart start to pound like it always does when I’m scared. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He scares the hell out of me. It’s that quiet voice he uses.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She let out a huge toothy yawn that would’ve scared a T. rex, then turned in a circle and flopped down so hard the ground shook. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Despite all of the evidence presented at our hearing showing that Walter had nothing to do with the Pittman murder, the local press invoked the case to scare up more fear about Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was so scared I could hardly breathe, and there was a strong smell of heated creosote. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Leroy dying, the Preacher getting killed, the smells, the way the chains rattled, and the naked folks looking so scared and whupped and tired, it was just too much. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

You told me that you loved him but you were scared. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She knew she would never forget the sight of it, just as you never forget many stories even though—or perhaps because—they have scared you. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s all rubbish. They want to scare me. Since when have students needed somebody to tell them when to riot?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t mean to scare you. I thought you might want to come out and have some grapes.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But I can usually see it in her eyes: she’s genuinely scared about how we are with each other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to scare Semaj when Dusty Baker hits his home run, so I swing the Wiffle in slow motion. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The building had been created for life, for constant motion, for students rushing back and forth, some confident, most scared, all trying to figure out their place in the world. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She sounded a thousand years old and a thousand miles away, but she did not sound scared. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were nervous and scared of the gathering crowd outside. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes reminded me of that seven-year-old girl’s in the alley—angry, scared, desperate for a friend. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Didn't mean to give you a scare," Jemmy whispered. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were all on me and they were looking just as scared and confused and surprised ’bout seeing me as I was ’bout seeing them. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I hung around the Deadheads because I was scared alone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you all right? I didn’t mean to scare you.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because you looked scared when you talked about your future. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to overwhelm you, or scare you with questions,” she says. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

First thing that came to mind was Pa telling me that I didn’t never have to worry ’bout no barking dog, that it was barking ’cause it was just as scared as me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He isn’t scared of me, or of what I can do. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I hadn’t been so scared, they’d still be alive. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Yard boys scared that a single gesture near the planter’s wife could leave them hanging from an oak tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Something was happening; something was changing and it was scaring me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not punk to be scared...but I’m scared.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to smile and make it a joke, but there was something in his voice that scared me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a secretary, her voice slightly agitated, who scared his drowsiness away. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with a gang war, sales plummet because customers are so scared of the violence that they won’t come out in the open to buy their crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You were so pale you scared me when you came in. You’re a stranger?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But just the idea of them was enough to scare her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He did not awake in prison with a feeling of dread; he was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The Kings scare me, sure, but not this little scrap of a kid. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But, I mean, you know sometimes they just want to humiliate you. Like, don’t you think if you’d gone back through Red Witch Bridge on Saturday, Cliff and the others would’ve tried to scare you?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Most of them were scared, for if you lost your grip and rolled off the edge it would kill you. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boys were scared silent by the reaction. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, it scared me half to death,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But I also know that at least one thing does scare him: heights. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"You scared the sand will swallow your feet, boy?" a man calls out from a fruit stall he's setting up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I was scared, seeing the ocean act so strangely. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yet many of the laws that the scare put on the books are still used. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I could intimidate that old man,” he offered, “maybe scare him—” “Frank, it’s okay,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But I think I just sounded kind of scared. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I find that organizing scary information actually makes me less scared.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And wasn’t that kitten scared when you put that rope around its neck?” she asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't fret about the dark! There are rats in here. Even grown men are scared of 'em! Hang on to me." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The enormity of his decision not to race Voldemort to the wand still scared Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She rolls down the window, says, “You scared me, honey.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he be more scared for his life or something? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You look scared and tired, dearie, and you’re filthy! Goodness. Why don’t you go bathe. I’ll set some dinner out for you in the back room and you can wait for Mr. Ballantine there.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was recording the beat-down because watching fights online is his thing, but now he’s staring at his phone like he’s scared a call is coming for him too. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m scared some of the hijabi girls I know will get their scarves pulled off while they’re walking down a sidewalk—or worse. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

What kind of secret could be so big, so terrible that it scared a dead girl? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It scared me the first time I really saw the danger of these ghetto teen-agers if they are ever sparked to violence. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all his pep, I knew Ob was scared. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m scared to the bone, because right now I can’t tell if I’m looking into the eyes of sheep, or wolves. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He let go of me then and made a sick face and he looked scared then. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get home that night until after six thirty, and I was a little scared when I found my mother there. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had been scared, and I admitted it to Zohra that night on the roof. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He scares me,” Hyacinth said, chewing at her pinky finger. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be scared and broke out running down the hall. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we go there at midnight and hide behind stones to scare the @#$% out of each other. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I can talk about that first night now, although it is still embarrassing to me because I was so stupid, and scared, that I hate to admit it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is great, thumbs-up great, it’s just—I have got to say—I don’t mind admitting—I am a tiny bit—just a tiny bit scared. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

This was the moment he had been scared of for so many years—his theory made public. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt bad about what was happening, but was not as scared as these people, who had not experienced war before. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Said it scared him so bad his stomach still hurt. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was scared, Dèja. The building kept moaning, chattering its pain. Then electrical power went. Battery-powered lights switched on. Folks were scared but still trying to be nice, helping others. “ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She really looked like the wrath of God, and I was too scared to go over and buy a package of peanuts for myself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Pull out the glass!” cried Emilia in a high, scared voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just died because somebody else was scared, maybe careless. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Shhhhh,” I said to him like he was a scared little kid. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The knife under his chin didn’t seem to scare him half as much as it did Meggie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This scared piece of me gnaws at my stomach, makes it burn so badly that sometimes I can’t even eat; sometimes I double over, gasping in pain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Barb. I know you’re mad, but she was scared. I just had to see her....” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice is shaking, I know she scared, but she say, “God help him, but Leroy don’t know what Minny Jackson about to become.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He needed the extra work—it’s not like they handed out jobs on street corners—and his bookie scared him more than Clyde did. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Enrique rarely lets himself admit fear, but he is scared that his car might tip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And the first time you laughed without hiding your mouth behind your hands, as if you were scared to be happy. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One thing Ivy was sure about—she was way too scared to find out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I want to be there, and this scares me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If that’d never gotten back to me, my hand wouldn’t be around his throat right now, getting him even more scared than I am. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t decide if he’s scared of jostling me or scared of having me home. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not scared, I’m just real, real ashamed of myself.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being afraid I would be caught spying was an entirely new sensation, one where I felt, at least, as though I knew exactly what to be scared of. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It really scared me, him talking that way, in public, with guards all around and anybody a spy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cuco snapped, growling and drooling all over Beefy’s crib, but the baby did not look scared. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not the kind of scare that makes your knee bones feel like water, more the kind of scare where you go whoa! Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some people try to scare me away, to keep these few scraps for themselves. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so scared, Jeth. Seems I hadn’t known what war was till Danny Lawrence come bringin’ us this awful word of Tom.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what you don’t get. The boy didn’t wanna learn how to shoot. He was scared. You knew it. I knew it. Hell, even Crab knew it.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"You were just telling him that so he wouldn't be scared." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don’t have to be ashamed.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could have easily walked away, but I wouldn’t let her, or my nerves, scare me off. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Old Rit said drearily, “They keep asking him questions about it. Every time he goes up to the Big House I’m scared he won’t come back.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he thought that the Dark Lord would be scared to violate his tomb? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ford gets so scared, he drops his ice cream on the ground. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But his father lived and his grandmother was scared the ghosts would turn their attention to this baby boy and take him instead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I kept my eyes on Wishbone and told him not to be scared. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Just remembering it makes me feel sick and scared all over again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If Harry hadn’t seen Mr. Diggory do exactly this back in the Weasleys’ kitchen, it would have scared him out of his wits. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s an excuse, too. The real truth is I was scared what she might think of me, not you.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she was more than scared; she was in pain. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecile would scare them like Black Panthers scare people just by being black and not smiling and by shouting words like power and oppression. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to feel scared again and very uncomfortable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not that the thought of something wicked dwelling in the castle scared her or anything. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt scared again, as if people I couldn’t see were looking at me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I get scared when I think about it for too long, and I think about it all the time—that and my mom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I would have scared the bejeebies out of myself had I seen me coming—dressed like a scarecrow, screeching like a banshee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was feeling real, real scared and dizzy from holding my breath this long. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was really scared of this other story about Turtle Lake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking no one was as brave as me, even though I was scared.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense to be scared of it, but then there was Ducky. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how old I get, I think I’m always going to be scared of falling. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, serves you right for scaring the hell out of all of us. Here, keep drinking this,” he said, handing me what was left of our water bottle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Charles was skeptical, and was scared to take it public. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the library and checked out a book because I was getting scared. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not the law, boy. So don’t be scared.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was more aware than ever that I was about to go up against some of the best in my sport, but Lexie’s kindness in the bathroom had made me a little less scared. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I had a great answer. ‘The little fish didn’t want to scare the big fish.’ The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was okay. He just scared people who didn’t know him, that’s all.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I know. I promise, I didn’t mean to scare you. Either of you.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She kept saying I had to go faster, but my legs wouldn’t work right and I couldn’t see, maybe my eyes were shut, I don’t know, but I was so scared. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t scared of gravity on that day. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess she was scared of having the subject come up in front of grownups, especially Father or the other Tories. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked scared out of his wits, and Matt quickly said, “It’s not his fault. I gave him the bag.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be silly, April. Stop scaring the girl. Your eyes are going. Pass me that cup, child.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Then, as she glanced at Ron, Harry realized that it was fear: He had scared her with his talk of living with dead people. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Because he was tired and scared, and because her feet were nearer, he pushed her in, feet first. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the man in front of Luke looked small and, maybe, scared. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had a cell opposite Walter’s and Walter used to complain that he would demand Walter’s breakfast from him each morning, and that he was too scared to refuse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t scared, only numb, and felt as if I was floating upward, toward the sky. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don't mind getting hit so much--although I'm not crazy about it, naturally--but what scares me most in a fist fight is the guy's face. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I just said that for your protection. He’ll be scared of you now. He’d believe anything. He’s only in fourth grade.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t scared,” Alvarez later said of his first combat mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I could see he was just as scared as I was. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Back when I still walked home with Sal, it was easier to pretend that the laughing man didn’t scare me, because Sal was pretending too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“No,” she brought out, muffled in his arms, “I ain’t scared.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was a little scared but I didn’t even care. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He just scares them and chases them up trees.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I climbed the stairs like a thief, slow and quiet, alert and scared, one shoulder dropped back, fingertips trailing the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because if I knock, he might think it’s an emergency and get scared. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He said, “Whoever you are, it isn’t working. It doesn’t scare us. We know it isn’t real. Just stop.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I was still scared but now it was that get-real-excited-and-want-to-move- around kind of scared. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You know. Billy Koontz, and Granny, and Bruno Martinez. They were all scared stiff, those cops. You would of got a chuckle out of it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that doesn’t scare me. I been picking cotton since I been four years old.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s lost!” wailed Maria.“He gets so scared when he’s lost. Oh, please help me find him!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had really been a bit scared, but he wasn’t going to admit it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When we ran into Anatsou, we were scared, and what happened?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I wouldn’t admit it, even to myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Guantanamo, except in California. I’m scared of what will happen if we get stuck here. There’s got to be something we can do....” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was afraid he would scare them, having lost so much weight and hair. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He shouted obscenities at the scared boy, and ordered him to close the door and to pay attention to his business or he’d have business on his hands he wouldn’t want to pay attention to. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't think he's lying. The man's scared. He's scared nearly out of his senses." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I say that confidently, but really, I’m scared. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It got so bad that I literally got scared to hold Jazz at all. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was more scared of him than of any wild animal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas would have laughed if he could, but he was too scared for it to come out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Shadow bought the coffees and took them over to Czernobog, who was sitting with the old black man, and was smoking a cigarette surreptitiously, as if he were scared of being caught. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

That maybe knowing Jesus was like crying and making new friends and being scared and not having parents around, all at once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Let me scare something up for you to eat.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“When I came,” he told her, “I was scared. Lonely, too, I think. And I behaved badly. I lied and stole. But look—now I am fine. I’m hoping to get my true name soon.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Some of them were looking puzzled, others downright scared. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared,” I say as soon as he answers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean he was more scared of things?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now that it was time to go, Ira looked scared, she hesitated a little before entering: but already a dozen willing hands had lifted her in. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the storm waves and the threat of being thrown overboard couldn’t scare off our thirst. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was riding so fast to try to get away because I was scared of being shot life ... Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They sure looked scared. And sad. I felt real bad for ’em.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I saw him come outside and look for me, and he was yelling my name and he was really scared and worried. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“So how—” I began, suddenly scared of having nothing to say. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We can’t make a lot of noise, either, because Henry says that scares off the fish. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad to see you. Jello scares me to death these days.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never saw it,” Finn said, but his voice was so hushed and scared he sounded like someone else. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sound of the wind was awful, like it was crying and lost and scared and not sure what to do except to wail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“What if we scare them for once? Make everyone see something they can’t ignore?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why couldn’t you let her believe what Constantine told her? Constantine was so scared she wouldn’t like her, that’s why she told her those things.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mom’s voice was low, but sounded frantic and very, very scared. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay to be scared, but I know there is someplace great waiting for you. You should go see it. Get out of this unhappy place.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The guys and me, we’re still sitting around like a bunch of scared kids. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"She was probably too scared to get up in case Bo woke up—imagine the fuss he would have made." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I was scared it would make me change my mind.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He got scared and ran back across the border. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re busy enough with all your patients—they can’t expect you to solve all their problems too! And I’m scared they will bring more attention to us! ” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

May would be the first out, standing in the living room and talking to the distressed bat: “Poor little feller. Must be scared to death. You never meant to come into this old trailer....” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She too scared she gone run into Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Was Chess signaling Natalie to be quiet, so she didn’t scare Finn? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I would be scared too," I tell her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mama had been scared folks would criticize and say the family didn’t show proper respect, not having Grandpa embalmed and not having a church funeral, and then getting up a party. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“And I’m so very sorry about what happened Sunday. I hurt you. I embarrassed you. And I probably scared you to death.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They stood there too shocked and scared to speak. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of my parents’ friends had been scared to even touch me, but not Mrs. V! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This is Matt Drinker being scared to be alone. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And I was kind of scared—no, terrified—so I said, “Joey can, too.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But what scares me more is what Dad said. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But this new hunger baffled me, scared me, made me angry and insistent. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably could have run a marathon with her, and what scared her was that she knew she wouldn’t have brought Peach back. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“But...how? You not scared of burning yourself, or burning the whole house down?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m going to let some dumb cow like that scare me?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The clean white children, even the big ones, were scared of the thunder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to be scared of, Nate. You're small and scrappy and can get out of any situation the world throws at you.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Come on now,” the real nurse coaxed Rosemary like you'd coax a scared horse. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I mean how about us? Suppose the beast comes when you're all away. I can't see proper, and if I get scared-" Jack broke in, contemptuously. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I would like all of you to take a moment now to think of the thing that scares you most, and imagine how you might force it to look comical....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Part of me was scared to move, because she would know I was pretending, but the other part of me had to watch. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“He scared the hell out of me. I mean he has quite a reputation, but the funny thing was, he was nice.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, I’m scared of what my bosses will do to me.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a history buff; I assumed that whatever you were scared of would come from history, and Nazis were pretty scary.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Janice Avery, who among all the seventh graders was the one person who devoted her entire life to scaring the wits out of anyone smaller than she, was right behind him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a variable for eye color, but I bet his uniqueness would scare some people. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was scared. Bernard still freaks me out. He can be okay sometimes, but if he doesn’t get what he wants, he gets all shouty and mad. I didn’t want him to yell at me.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh no,” Klaus said in a small, scared voice, and Violet looked again. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be just fine, I promise. I know this is a lot of people and a lot of new things at once. I know you’re scared. You’re doing just fine.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe some. But I know some that don’t scare, and they don’t say, either.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have never been as scared as I was that week,” she went on. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He quietly took out a camera but hesitated, knowing that the sound would scare the bird away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But then, there was no use running, no use hiding, and he had nothing left to be scared of. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d survived my first four years of school, hadn’t scared the girls too much, and was about to make my way in the big school down the road. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And to tell the truth, I was feeling scared and lonely without him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like now that me and Uncle Tony showed up, she could let herself be scared. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Stevenson, all I wanted to do is tell the truth. I can't go to jail, and I'll be honest—these folks have scared me.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And they play loud music at night and they make me scared sometimes when I see them in the street. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the ground and then looked up at me again, said: “I’m scared.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The matches were soaking wet because whenever Momma got scared or nervous or mad her hands got real sweaty and disgusting. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping that when she opened them again, she’d be in her bed, drawing secret pictures that scared her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If Luke had been one of the Population Police, Jen’s dad would have scared him to pieces. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went to hollering and chunking into the brush, trying to scare her and the calf out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents got scared, and although they didn’t send me to my aunt and uncle in a rich neighborhood, they sent me to a bougie private school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

So I feel that’s what happened to Eric—they wanted to scare him so that the next time he would get that candy for them, and they just dropped him by accident. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t belong to us. We can’t just take it,” Pita said, looking scared. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Worst part, you’re always scared you might not make it back. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Hey, don’t be scared. We’re just going to take you to the station so we can help you find your parents. There’s also delicious food.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s sitting here all smug, making cute little jokes about iPods and talkin’ ‘bout how scared he is of losing his job, but is he actually helping?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The little Marías gave us such a scare this afternoon. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I was so scared when I fell into that hole.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

When bats started flying around at dusk, he got scared and went on home. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes are super dark, like Ray’s eyes when he gets scared. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Hazel? Hazel? It’s all right. It’s me, Stella. Don’t be scared, baby girl. I’ll take you to your mama.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But he got back reports from friends saying that his son had broken free with the ball and then hesitated near the goal line, as if he was scared of getting hit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d told me a million times how scared she was that if you set foot in a hospital, the doctors might lock you away in “a mental institution.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stupid to be scared of a rotten bird. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This seemed to scare Fourie, and he ordered us to return to our cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem is that they are often scared of the wrong things. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice as low as hers and tried to sound scared. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“This is how you get by here, right? You kiss up to these guys? You’re scared of these guys?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah Johnston, who did her science paper on zombie ants because they had scared her. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We were scared and went home empty-handed that night, but we went back several more times until we got enough lumber to complete Mama’s floor. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It scares me, worrying about money and things going wrong and not having a source of income. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

All the same, I didn’t want Yonetta and Fern to see me standing there like a scared dummy holding a bag of groceries. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry lay listening to the muffled shouting next door and wondered why he didn’t feel more scared. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Put the can in the water, a few inches behind the crawdad, but far enough away that you don’t scare it.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to jog up the path, taking a fallen branch in his hand to scare away the monkeys. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him that I’m scared to death of going back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He danced in front of me, spitting and waving his knife in the air to scare me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone, I expected to feel guilty and sad and scared, but I didn’t feel any of those things. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kevin looked at me for a moment—I probably looked as scared as I was—then he went to the phone and called out for chicken and shrimp. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we’re all just passing through in this life. We’re only temporary. When I learned that I realized there’s no reason to be scared.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So everyone is scared to get in the water, and suddenly you kick off your shoes, Amir agha, and take off your shirt. ‘There’s no monster,’ you say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some folks say Mrs. Brown’s touched in the head, but ’cept for scaring me in the woods at night she treats me real kind. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After the satchel scare, I promised myself I’d be more careful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hold my eyes open wide, scared that if I blink a whole river of tears will come splashin down my cheeks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Also, Jumper was gentle; there wasn’t much chance that he’d scare and throw them off. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so scared something happened to you,” he said, his voice muffled against her hair. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But this particular beast was worse than mean, he was scared. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And he skitters out of there like a scared rabbit. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And I’m not saying this just to scare people—it’s the truth. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole nodded, but found himself a little scared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And scared, so scared that maybe she was wrong. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I know it will be awful for Kim when I die, but I also think about what she said, about not being scared, about jail being easy compared to losing me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never be. You’re a good son. Everyone gets scared sometimes. It’s how you handle it that matters.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

There was Chavez, who wasn’t scared anymore but was laughing uproariously after a wonderful performance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “I knew God didn’t want me to marry a man like him. He talks tough but inside he’s just a little bitty boy, scared of his mama. And anyhow, it’s her house.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she paused on the empty path in the middle of all those tall trees and felt a bit scared, but in a good way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not when she was hungry or lonely or scared. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Full disclosure: If you knew how scared I was, if you saw me shaking right now, white as no cloud that ever flies over Jankburg’s dreary hills, you’d know I didn’t want to let on. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She gets herself so scared that she is on the brink of tears when she hears the car in the drive, and knows it must be, it must be. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

To Genie, Uncle Wood didn’t sound like the scared type. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In a scared voice, Papa said, “That water looks deep to me.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police tank continued on, and if it had meant to scare the students, it did the opposite. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I began to get scared that maybe that old lady in the school had told that other lady not to give old Phoebe my message. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let him scare you off, kid. He’s decent enough after all the growling.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Noah, when am I allowed to get scared?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I can only make out some of the numbers and letters, and what scares me the most is that I don’t remember if I disabled her password. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We all hate Hagrid, but were just too scared to say anything.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I would be scared too if I were in her place. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t scared or I wouldn’t have been out there traveling in those days. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy like me, a guy my size, isn’t supposed to be scared, but I was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

What I felt at the time was scared for him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mark was scared that would snap the men out of their dazed state and cause them to retaliate, but they actually dropped their ends of the ropes in response. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When we got to our street, we had another scare. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I had to leave. I didn’t have to scare you and that was stupid and I should have done a better job leaving, but I did have to leave. Do you see that yet?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Scarecrows weren’t made to scare the crows, they were made to scare the corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Coraline reached out her left hand, scared that if she took her eye off it it would vanish, and she fumbled for the burning thing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Carmen had popped up right next to my face and scared me so much that I accidentally launched a few peas at Martín. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"Okay, just nod if I'm right. You're scared the play isn't actually that good." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Our last fight had scared us both into it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I approach the menagerie, the ground rumbles beneath my feet and it scares the hell out of me because it’s not noise. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, m’lord. I was scared I wouldn’t have milk enough for both, but the more they suck, the more I have. They’re strong.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I felt bad for snapping at her before, but I’d been cold and scared and feeling defensive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And anyhow, I’d be with Samira, who I knew scared them whenever she glared through her blue glasses and flipped her long braids like a whip. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was odd, but she looked more sad than scared. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had not said anything about what had hap-pened the day before—about being scared down to my very bones when I thought they had left me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Luke turned around and left, scared he might cry in front of Dad. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now, like I said, I was scared, but I felt kinda pumped up too, like at the party. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ares and Aurora had not been mean or impatient when he and the roaches were scared of flying. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Justin, grinning, expecting to see Justin looking relieved, or puzzled, or even grateful — but certainly not angry and scared. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m still a little scared about Mama getting married,” Peaches said afterward. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw Mama sobbing, I felt more scared. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel had been afraid they would scare off the centaurs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We panicked like a bunch of scared rabbits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so scared. My thinking gets all mixed up, and I feel like the whole world is falling on me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Screamer landed on a telephone pole, then skimmed the meadow, scaring the starlings into the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nathan made himself believe that that was what was making him nauseous and not that he was scared out of his mind. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I once overheard her tell Bernadette she was scared of making a mistake again. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Bodega had attended that funeral, decades back, when he was a teenager and death was too far away to scare him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Had Henry got scared, tried to sic the FBI on me? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He led her past the dead man in the brown coat—and honestly, thought Bod, if he hadn’t got scared and fallen the man would have been disappointed in his hunt for treasure. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She’s so fast I don’t even have time to be scared. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel scared by then, in fact I felt quite good. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what scares me more—the swastika in our atrium or the Halloween dance Caroline might make us all have. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Whether or not that was true, it seemed to scare Pinch into making some effort to control the noises he made. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You scared the hell out of me! What are you doing here?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was so scared someone might hear it that I literally begged Father to take me back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because I was scared of the consequences. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt dizzy, scared like something terrible was going to happen. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She’d gotten a lock on her door and I’d learned to pick it so I could sneak in and scare her still. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered why my mother would tell such a story on such a night, for it had George, Florah and me scared stiff. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas hesitated, thinking, scared to say it out loud again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I feel too scared to ask her when that might possibly be. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“No. No. No. I’m sorry, kiddo. I didn’t mean to scare you. It’s nothing like that. It’s just...it’s just...” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I am, too. I’m scared for all of us, but Jake is keeping an eye out.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I left school that afternoon, and my parents were too scared to let me go back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe he had been scared, or maybe he had been brave. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have time to wonder why they’d be so scared they’d keep a big gun like that out in the open because I spotted my suitcase slid way under the kitchen table! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was a white boy with red hair who everybody was friends with mainly because people were scared that he was crazy and it's better to be on crazy's good side. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Once in a while a stray Irish or Italian face looking scared. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sciss scared it out of me, and now I'm tough—and all the better for it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Arthur tries dragging me away, and I only step back because he’s begging me and my name is a choked breath and he’s crying and he’s probably more scared than that five-year-old kid. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand. I actually have no idea what kind of sound is going to come out of my mouth. I’m scared.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The government was never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He looked the calmest to Thomas, the most confident, the least scared. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Part of the idea is that telling you might make you scared. The other part is that telling you might make you even more curious.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t feel so sick or so scared, as if they’d already handed their fates over to someone else without even realizing it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His city’s streets were full of people—some scared to death, others looting stores. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Part of me was too scared to find out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“You don’t scare me. I’m getting that journal back. Strongs keep punching, you get me?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I really need those quiet lessons,” said Liz, and she sounded scared too. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Clutter—oh, you could see he was scared, but his voice stayed mild and steady—he went on denying he had a safe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In October 1850, three hundred scared and angry souls, most of them black but joined by some whites, poured into Quinn Chapel to determine what was to be done. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Well, Max I could understand: he was scared of Hunter and his friends, and possibly of the basketball boys, too. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m dead scared of that man. Oh, not the valet—the other—his master. Master, indeed! There’s something wrong about that man. My daughter always says I’m very intuitive. ‘ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The scared and the scamming,” he liked to say, “always give the best cover.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared; at that moment, I wished I had Dinah with me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be scared. Trust in the Holy Beings. They wouldn’t put your naliyazhi in danger without the tools and means to protect himself. He’s no longer a baby. He’s growing into a man.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You could skip it. If you scare easy.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"He just stood there, scared, watching it all go down." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Annoyed at myself for scaring her, I settle back again and wait for Alice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he drinks too much, he becomes overexcited and unpredictable, saying and doing things that scare his neighbors. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe her grandparents are scared to let her come over here. There are a lot of white people who live over here. Don’t they know that?” she asks. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We let her know what would happen to her if she didn’t. Now she’s more scared of us than of Mister Tom.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing much, but it scared me. It seemed all backward—they were putting the cart way out in front of the horse.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I rocked lightly from left to right in the chair and pretended that the fake bird chirping her clock made when it struck six hadn’t scared me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I left I was a scared kid who cried and begged Ma to let me stay with her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When he...When the shooter was...unraveling after I rejected him, when I was scared that he might harm himself or me or someone else, I thought ‘people’ would handle it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And then she stood on a little island of grass, too scared to move another step. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I told them, We can’t go on like this. Distrusting everybody, scaring each other to death. What I say is, if you want to talk about it, stay out of my place.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I let her win, son”—he totally ignored her—“because, truth is, I’m scared of her.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now, suddenly, I was scared out of my wits again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dangerous gleam in Marcus’s eyes, a flicker that scared me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You don’t scare me,” I said, mostly under my breath. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look down, I'm scared I'm going to fall flat on my face. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But now, back in London in 1838, he truly was scared. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rani's feet twitch, and I'm scared she's still thinking of running away, but she surprises me by smiling back at the woman. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“A storm is coming. It scares me. I would do anything to get away.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t hit him, just gave him a good scare. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I know how sad it makes them. I don’t like to tell them how bad I feel. Or how scared I am. I don’t want to do that to them. Do you understand?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t scared of the darkness, or the mountains, for I was raised in those mountains. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think? We scared him half to death.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I call out to make sure I don’t scare her, since her back is to me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then with a thundercrack the boom came swinging round and she jibed and jumped northward like a scared cat. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I must’ve scared him, because his eyes open wide, wide, and he shuts the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If, as much as it scared me, also kept me sane. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

James looked serious and, actually, a little scared. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And what are you doing outside the nurse’s office again? Having another period scare?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t get scared. Just watch the cook.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bella, you scared me! Don’t you ever do that to me again!” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When we were younger, I used to hide in Macy’s closet and scare her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

That I might see she was actually scared of me, repulsed at hands turned claws, just like everybody else. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But I been scared and mad all my life and after I killed that first woman, I wasn’t scared no more for a little while.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This has to be a cruel prank from her ex, a Death-Cast employee trying to scare her since she called off their year long engagement last night. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry it took me so long to talk about this, but I was scared. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We were so scared for you! We thought it was strange when he took you to the woods, away from the base. We kept our eyes on you, then you disappeared!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m scared the mirror will fall off and break.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was staring at a chicken coop across the yard, leaning his chin against his knees, and he looked scared and sad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When relatives visited her grandfather’s home, Red Corn recalled, he was scared. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was so curious, but at the same time I was scared. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I don't know what to do. It's like he's scared of us," Kim said, her face pale. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He feels reassured because she doesn’t seem all that scared really. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, Genie could tell that his brother was scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Most people—and especially small children—are often quite scared of being out of doors alone in the moonlight. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be scared, but he was. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They fought in the dark in the rain and a counter-attack of scared men from the second line drove them back. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not scared to taste weird stuff, or walk through the woods, or explore scary places, or even fight, especially if any of those things had to do with Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I suppose Amma is struggling in her own way, scared to hope that I'll actually be able to get her out of jail, because it's hard enough just to get through each long jail day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

To think about it at all, about taking that terrifying plunge off the ramp of high school, scared him to death. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re scared of fire, you know. Everyone is scared of fire, no matter how far your mind has gone. They don’t bother me down here. Not with my matches and gasoline.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t so scared this time, but I stayed still, unsure of what would happen next. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So they held him out the window that first time to scare him, and he was still going to tell. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are the kind of people we all should be—not scared to speak out and do stuff to help folks.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"Not really. Sandy told me the story that morning, and we decided to scare you kids with it, being Halloween." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it wasn’t cool, but I kind of went “Uhh!” when I saw him because I honestly got scared. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the corner, scared to go any closer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were deaf as posts and too scared to move, even before they realized they were looking down both barrels of the gun they’d come to steal. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she was a little girl again, and scared, and the rain on her face felt like tears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was scared she had gone too far in crossing him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Hey, listen, you don’t need to be scared about tomorrow.There’s no way we’re going to let anything bad happen to you. Okay?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“The fellow appeared to be scared stiff,” he said, “he was shaking like a leaf. I was watching him. He’s never been ill-treated, has he?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That agent’s been fooling around with her. He told you she had a disease so that you’d be scared to bother her. He was protecting her from you.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You fight the good fight,” she said, “you hear? Don’t you get weary, and don’t you get scared. Because I know the Lord’s done laid His hands on you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But most folks are ignorant on purpose or else too busy, too scared. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s because of Satan. But sometimes I’m scared of him, I’m scared of what he’ll do.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius says he’s afraid when I leave him alone here at night. He says he’s scared of burgulars.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sick and tired of finding himself in this position—scared and hurt and abandoned and endlessly asking himself why. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He burst out: “Man, you were scared of jail, that is all. You have disgraced us, we Xhosas!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There won’t be any raid. Weren’t the police here just today? People are just scared. They are always scared. They always, will be scared.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re scared to open your suitcases and see what your mother packed.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I imagine him out there, spinning farther and farther away from the planet Earth, as lonely and scared as I feel deep down inside myself. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She was scared—which meant she was dangerous. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing in basic training that scared most of us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy, kid. Nothing to be scared of. You see this big machine here? Know what I’m going to do with it?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But taking my bearing from the stake, I decided to go out into the water, hoping to find the raft A few feet offshore, I got another bad scare. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you scared of the pump?” she demanded. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still scared of Richard Parker, but only when it was necessary. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jason gets scared, thinking that it’s having an attack or something, but Mom explains that it’s just the bird’s heart beating. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m scared to death someone will come after me, but it’s too late to go back because I’m already running. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She said Noodles looked so scared, and that his lips were poking out and puckered so tight that it looked like he was slurping spaghetti. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That you could say, “I was scared to death,” but you could not retrieve the fear. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that's all you'd heard it would just sound like the words of a scared tribute, not someone contemplating the unquestionable goodness of the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m fourteen, and people think I should be scared because I’m surrounded by violence, but around here it’s an everyday thing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Back then it really scared me because I couldn’t see what one door closing had to do with another one opening unless there was a ghost involved. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Well, Ob had seen how at the supper table you d been too scared to death to ask for anything. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Last time we were here Fern was five and too scared to go to the outhouse. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even exhausted and discouraged and scared, she wasn’t going to start treating something like a fact if she wasn’t sure. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There are many things that don’t scare me, but being outside in a lightning storm is not one of them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Sula was so scared she had mutilated herself, to protect herself. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I look scared—like I’m about to wet my pants. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes if you want something bad enough, your dreams get answered, sometimes if you’re scared enough, you get so strong you can do near anything...” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Even the thought scared him Could the eagle have hurt Ghost, or knocked him off the precipice? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She is scared of her own house and her own room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mean it in a daring way, he was just dumbfounded by the idea of Leslie being scared. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He was probably scared out of his mind. And now he’s not sure whether he wants to bother fighting.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But at the same time I was scared. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Two months ago I started. My girl friend in Toledo, where we lived before, said when she started she was scared to death. Thought she had killed herself.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger wanted to take enough air into his lungs to scream, “Yes! I was scared!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m scared to look at all the numbers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re scared—who isn’t? But this is important. Do you want to hide all your life, or do you want to change history?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard them, loud and scared, cutting through the sound of the fire. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Scared. That’s good. A fine soldier is always scared. Makes you normal. It’s how you respond to it that makes or breaks you.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I knocked like the Eagle to scare you.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It scared me the way she was acting, like a little kid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her voice was high and a little scared. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's only what he says, he can't do anything to you, you don't have to let him see you're scared of him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I said the government was now scared of the might of the African people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Chiron meant it that way, but the look in his eyes made me scared to ask. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

You might think that would mean lockdowns don’t scare me as much. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Was that someone else’s breath or just his own, loud and scared? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her once if she was scared the hare was going to eat the whole garden clean before that trap of hers caught him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a thing farmers put in fields to scare crows.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It tickles him that whitepeople are scared to compete with Negroes fair and square. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm scared," Hot Pie murmured when he saw the one-armed woman thrashing in the wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I told him I had lice, had fully realized my mistakes, and had been scared straight. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t meant to get emotional, but he was exhausted and scared, and he’d been lost for so long, he would’ve given anything for some guidance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m proud of you for trying something that scares you.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The boy looks as scared as I did the day we moved into 4501 Wabash. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She stares at me with that same scared look Papa wore only a couple of hours ago. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might have been scared, or so shocked they could not really know how selfish they were being. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet those fish get scared just knowing I’m coming.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

That would scare me so much my nose would probably explode like a blood grenade. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That’s when Maniac felt it — pride, for this East End warrior whom Maniac could feel trembling in his arms, scared as any normal kid would be, but not showing it to them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powell’s experiences as a soldier would not permit one man and a screaming girl to scare him off. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been scared to tell you. I knew you wouldn’t like it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Fifth graders look like scared little mice at the beginning of the school year. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In his journal he now wrote, "Disaster. ... Rained in. River look impossible. Lonely, scared." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crow’s voice, high-pitched and laced with pain, made him sound almost scared. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t imagine Capricorn being afraid of a woman, certainly not one who got out of breath when she climbed a hill and was scared of snakes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be the only living things that weren’t scared of her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I mean it, Marlee. I don’t want to scare you too much—I’ll keep you safe—but I do want you to be careful. Which means you stay away from Liz.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart was pounding, but he wasn’t scared. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

These books were frankly meant to shock their middle- class readers—to scare the daylights out of them—even as they played on their sympathies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But really, with all those multitudes of tender mercies, He has got to understand sometimes you need to scare a person a little for her own good. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were just as mean on the inside, but they were scared of getting in trouble. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I get scared that they may not answer. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don't know if I’m more shocked or scared. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy on him, Candy Man, I don’t want you to beat him so bad he too scared to come back down here.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How scared I was when I closed the baby’s eyes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I looked down at my feet, and then I saw that one big-toe nail had been torn clean off. I had been so scared that I had not felt it hurt until that minute.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just once. One day at the park, we were on the swing set, and she asked me if I was scared of her.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

‘We have all been scared,’ said Pippin after a pause, in which Frodo stared at the fire and did not speak. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I imagined scared little Sarah in front of the courtroom, having to look at Robert Chambliss and reliving all the horrors of September 15, 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so scared of my own thoughts and feelings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In all the times I received beatings from my mom, I was never scared of her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All I knew was the crowd liked it, and that was enough for “Harriet Tbbman,” who proclaimed, “Either you want to be free or you want to be scared slaves!” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She headed for the wispy girl, whose eyes looked hunted and scared. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Scare hell out of them, that's what, scare the living daylights out!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m now officially scared of where this story’s going,” Adina said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No, he’s been out all evening, thank goodness. Just me and Tiger. I’m glad you’re home. I was scared.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m good at it now, and it’s nice not to have my mom in the passenger seat, scared out of her mind that I’m about to crash. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mirrors must have been expensive in the old days, so they made up that story to scare us.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“No one would do anything. They would pretend they didn’t hear. Everyone was scared.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m starting to get scared. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I like him, so don’t scare him off.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Of course you are! You know what? I used to be scared of mice." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He was scared we might not like him taking over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I stood in the open doorway, watching him, scared of what might happen. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I guess one thing it makes you is scared all the time that everyone will hurt you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Water was a puzzle that scared and excited me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black said from behind me, which scared me so much that my hands started shaking. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we’re scaring each other, like two children in the dark.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, back at school, they confessed to me that they had simply been too scared. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was scared like I was the night she died. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It still doesn’t scare me, but I guess I’m waiting for the moment that Lansing is so far in the rearview that it gets smaller. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I been so scared since what happened out at Mau- then’s,” she sobbed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to pretend I wasn’t scared when I asked, “Where’s the hammer?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe had to admit that he was scared to death of her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the pane of glass, Hank was watching me roll away, looking all white and scared behind the smiling face of the dead girl on the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Chris had pretended to be scared by the "Boom!" but he wasn't really. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, he was scared, and he wondered if his uncle was or if his father, Crazy Horse, was. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I went to bed feeling utterly conflicted and, for the first time in years, I was scared for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to shout, but my voice was soft and high, like a scared little kid's. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d scared her with his big dreams of the future. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The truck driver scared the child, who then dropped his arms as though he did not want me to pick him up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t want to scare them away, now, do you? You must keep it pulled back. If you’re neat and well mannered, they might not be so quick to jump to conclusions.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cole pitied the scared little mouse, but he held on, gripping with all his strength. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was desperate for Mom or Dad to come pick us up, and also scared the call would go through and they’d answer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her blue eyes are big, like she’s scared to death of him. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He figures he’s got you scared and he’s gonna take a sock at you the first chance he gets.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A human noisemaker flooding the woods with laughter and scaring away all fish within a quarter of a mile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lunged to my feet, wild with scare, and got knocked flat on my face in the dirt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He sings that all the time. I told him to stop but he won't. It makes me scared. Make him stop." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bottom: A peccary can be ferocious when threatened and makes a rattling sound by chattering its teeth to scare off predators. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“My dad kicked me out. Told me to get out of his house. But I stood up to him. I looked him dead in the eye. Told him I was done being scared.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“No, Gerald, he didn’t hurt me, but he scares me so bad. Don’t be late like that again, please.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A fearsome lot. Nothing scares me worse than stilt-walkers in pink scales and feathers. If one was after me, I’d laugh so hard my bladder might let go.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He goes by John, but Twig refuses to call him anything else, and I think Twig scares Dad, so he doesn’t argue. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice in the matter. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“When I need to be. Does that scare you?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She gives me hope and scares me at the same time. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stanley shouted, hoping to scare it back inside. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to acknowledge what we were doing, but I was scared, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I shrieked at them, trying to scare them off, but they merely ducked behind bushes and took long sticks from the saddles of their horses, bows and javelins. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, I was so scared of seeing that zombie face again, I stopped watching any TV until Halloween was over and the movie was no longer playing in theaters. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“People are just scared and do bad things. Sometimes people hurt each other trying to figure things out.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It must have scared Horse because he let loose and jumped back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my fiasco last night, I think they killed her for no reason other than to scare me into confessing that I have lied to them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The idea was to scare the beast, because that’s when it unleashed its diabolical flatulence. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The tone in his voice was flat and deadening and frankly starting to scare me a little. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A minute before she was just a scared human being fighting for its life. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Shiny SUVs charged through the snow, whizzing past Hazel and the other small cars that crept along like scared animals. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As I tore upstairs and out of the hockey arena, I tried to think about where Jules might be, and how to calm down enough so I didn’t scare her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when I been more scared. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Amma says he was scared their different religions would be a big problem; Hindus and Muslims don't often marry each other. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She realized he wasn’t angry with her, just scared. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not just scared that somehow I’ll be next; it’s a quieter fear and more insidious. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It is also the day I am seeing Dr. Friendlich and I am hoping he will finally remove my cast, but I am scared too. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Big Eva was scared of me, more concerned with her own survival. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know why, but he didn’t feel scared. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But if anybody caught Joe asking a dumb question or even thought he was the littlest bit scared, he went red and purple and white. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But that one spark of triumph faded when Mr. Bates, his voice cracking with anger, bellowed, “So we just gonna let them do this to us, burn our homes, scare our babies?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I bet you were scared,” Georgie said, some of his old scorn returning. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He could tell from Ron’s and Hermione’s faces that they were scared; he was not particularly confident himself, and yet he was sure the time had come to put their plan into operation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes meet mine, and I feel guilty, or maybe scared, or maybe both. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to tell me that when I was little, Mama. And it scared me to death. But it doesn’t bother me at all now.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You ain’t got no cause to be ashamed or scared of nothing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel cold or scared; I felt wonder stirred with anticipation and a sense of homecoming. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Far from home. She must be so scared.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no god on this ship. They are trying to scare you.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Not just panic—by the way his nostrils flared and his hand shook, it was almost like I had scared him half to death. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You gave me A good scare,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That might be a good idea, but I don’t think you should have mentioned it to me—warned me. Besides...I’m not sure you could scare me enough. I trust you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I said, “I’m scared of being in the park with you because you’re a stranger.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The idea of falling from, or jumping from, the roof of my own building used to scare me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Beats me. People communicate surprisingly well when they’re scared—they just don’t communicate the right things.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“You gave us a good scare, young man.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I grabbed some clothes and stuffed them into a pillowcase, too scared to think about what would look best. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She knelt beside him and said, “Of course you do not have to shut me down! I am sorry if I scared you. Are you okay?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Well, actually I might as well tell you we were both scared stiff when he went into the kitchen. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Is it that thing again? When you get scared?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry could hear the clunk of his trunk on the stairs, and knew that the sounds had scared Dudley out of the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I ask her, what if we told the truth? How we too scared to ask for minimum wage. How nobody gets paid they Social Security. How it feel when your own boss be calling you...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of being angry because I had given her a scare, she wanted to know all about the wonderful thing I had just seen. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gwenforte scares off the sheep as we approach, which leaves the structure vacant—but cold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She could tell that the child was scared silly of her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But at the moment, as the familiar trees of the ranch brushed past her car windows, I was a little scared, if you want to know the truth. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I can understand how afraid and scared she was to see her city go up in flames, because my city was on fire, too. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And that was the second time I thought, I should be scared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m bothered about it too, but I guess it makes me more scared than angry. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"It's not that I'm scared, I just ain't ready yet," I muttered, embarrassed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“What are you so scared of?” he whispered, his voice laced with hurt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had thought herself many things before—a scared mouse, a quiet girl, a coward—but never a storyteller. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it’s a fact: If you look right into the sun, you cannot feel scared or happy or anything. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t scare me,” I repeated, louder this time. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished she’d pop awake and let out a demonic laugh and just go ahead and scare me witless. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And I was scared when I saw who was waiting for me inside, though more for him than for myself. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had thought how he would like to chain the deputy sheriff behind his own wagon and then scare the horse so that it would run faster than the cruel man could. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank wondered what Vitellius had been about to say and what had made him so scared, but he got the feeling that for once Vitellius was going to keep his mouth shut. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to go back on my oath, but I was just as scared of Sam stealing the Brown Bess, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were tired, but being scared kept us wide awake. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tripped? What’d you have the safety off for? Was you scared?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a younger child, whenever Charlie got very scared or anxious, he would sometimes start trembling and shaking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I would have been scared, but Sapo was there with me and I knew nothing would happen to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"My mom's always been really scared of it because she's always hearing about something bad happening here. She was afraid it would be too much like Afghanistan. I guess some stuff is hard to forget." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I took down the shells I had put up to scare the gulls and tossed them and the abalones over the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I’ve even been scared to let myself think it, but I know it’s true the second it leaves my mouth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No need scaring my sisters with what I knew. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That night...it really scared me, you know? But I do love you.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those Montana Indians were so tough that white people were scared of them. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the things that make other people nervous have never scared me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The basic reality,” Sandman told The New York Times, “is that the risks that scare people and the risks that kill people are very different.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There was a drive-by around the corner, and the gunshots scared her. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The nights were wonderful, and she didn’t have time to think about such things as being scared. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was scared of us, and that, more than anything else, made me scared of him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Johnny White wrote, “We woke up all scared and having frequent visits with Alvin.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What you boys did is like firing a gun into a crowded movie theater just to scare everybody—only someone got killed.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Q, if I were you, I would get that scared Every. Single. Night.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now, Stuart’s mama, don’t you let her scare you off. She’s just protective, is all.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’s still smiling, but his eyes scare me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Joe Eddie, you used to run through the sprinkler in my front yard. It’s hard to be scared of you,” I said, laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s only a threat, a scare tactic. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I felt excited to go to school, and that scared me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

David gets scared when people don’t answer him, and the first tiny pinpricks poke me, little guilty jabs whispering, “He’s doing the best he can.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You scared of basketball? What you do at night, make sure you put your ball outside so it won’t get you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything about the end of the day scared me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriela waves her hand as if scaring off an annoying fly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted them to think I was mature and grown-up, but I couldn’t help asking, “All those letters. Aren’t you scared?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they don’t realize is this: Yes, they frighten me, but I have always been scared, since the day I got here. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But I can’t feel it. At all. It’s dead asleep. In a bad way. And I’m thirsty, Mason. My head is aching. I’m scared.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And I wasn’t scared of losing fights with them, either. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Down in the front row, her mother sat, looking proud and a little scared. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And so, even though I was scared of the hawk-chicken and Ms. Griegson, and I was still riding my bike as fast as I could to keep up with Chris, I started thinking. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She looks at him like she’s seeing a ghost—eyes wide and scared. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I’d forgotten about it, or maybe I’d just put it out of my mind, a little scared what I might find out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back across the highway, he didn’t look scared at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The mare hadn’t meant to stomp on him, she was just scared. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

So I wasn’t scared, but I thought maybe I should think about this situation a little more before walking up on her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He was almost too scared to move, to do anything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We talk about other things, like the first-grade field trip we made to the Smithsonian Museum, when I got so scared of the life-size dinosaurs that I cried in the bathroom. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I think about it all the time, but now that it’s a real possibility, the idea of it scares me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her head flies up like a scared animal’s. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a moment I'm scared Rani is still irritated with the woman, but as always, Rani's anger bubble has floated away. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I agreed; I’m not really so scared of burglars. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After the scare with Beefy the other night, they were all being extra careful. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yet Derrick Dunne would be scared senseless by any of the boys here. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And my own common sense was sending me a pretty strong message, one that at first I didn’t want to listen to because it scared me so. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

It used to scare me, even thinking about the chance of seeing her—but now when I think about her, I can’t help but feel a peace surging beneath my skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to cry, but I didn’t want to scare her away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Strange trains, and people and places didn’t scare him neither. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I slashed and stabbed and whirled, and I might have even laughed once or twice—a crazy laugh that scared me as much as it did my enemies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But when I walked around the house like that, my father asked me why I looked so scared. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma said, “I quick jumps up too scared and dumbstruck to even cry. All I done was say, ‘Mama...why?’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After that, as products of very different backgrounds they were continually scared stiff of hurting each other’s feelings; hence they understood and tolerated their respective foibles almost to the point of obsequiousness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There, there. Did the awful man scare you? Oh, foo! We can’t have that. Princess is safe now, yes, she is.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The aunties were superstitious, and we lived in a place where many people practiced voodoo, so I knew my trick would scare them. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating kind of hard, and I don’t know if it’s because I’m scared or because I’m hoping something will happen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I figured he was just trying to hide how scared he was, and I couldn’t blame him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why the girl was scared. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was all right for girls to be scared or silly or even ask dumb questions. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I take a step back, even though it means I might as well be screaming that I’m scared, scared out of my mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Jam was scared for him but at the same time filled with a bursting pride. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I remembered Mr. Clutter, and how he’d never done me no harm, how at Christmas he’d give me a little purse with fifty dollars in it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember how scared we were the first time Ms. Laverne brought us in here? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I suppose you have to be scared enough to be on the lookout in the first place. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was almost dark, and I was scared Miss Willis would hurt Dad. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

For all I knew the two men had recovered from the little scare I’d given them and were already dowsing for me again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could not pretend now that he was not scared. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So quick he didn’t feel anything or even have time to get scared. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s the kind of Finch who would stand on a building and think about jumping just because nothing scares him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to work out what to say because I was starting to get scared and confused. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Jem said it’d keep my bones warm in the wintertime. He said for me not to be scared of it, but to be careful when it was lightning.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted the entire universe to know I was scared. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t any more frightened than I was; we scared each other to death over a rabbit.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t scared of him because we were sort of evenly matched. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought there was something going on behind me that had scared her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She loved her parents, though, with a desperation that sometimes scared her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"The Young Wolf and Lord Stannis have swords and they don't scare you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But I’m too scared to open it up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Amari felt her heart quicken, but she refused to let Clay see that she was scared. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know because I know she knows I'm scared. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Jacob! Thank God—you gave us a scare!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You scared me to death. And you—you turned me into a criminal! Do you realize that?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell them that he was the first human being aside from my mother who had ever made me want to talk about the things that scared me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

An agent took a shot, missing the animal though scaring it enough that it veered off course and retreated back down the hill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I get scared of what I don’t know,” he said slowly. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why did he think it was so funny to scare them? I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

She got off the phone in tears, “scared to death.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now I feel scared of leaving the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And why is it, I thought, that whenever boys consider such measures—despite their justifiability—we always get a bit scared, morose, and angsty? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nailer wondered if Tool’s skin was exceptionally thick or if there was something about him that scared even mosquitoes away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was scared. Even when she invited me for tea I was shaking. And after she invited me back in two weeks I ran. I don’t think I’m a very good Grim Reaper.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to what I had imagined was a safer place. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look Helena in the face, wiping the blood from her lip with a sleeve, trying not to show her how scared I am. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Sandy said he might be gay, and I—” I hesitate, but I know there’s no point in being scared about it now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Once I sneaked into the hen house and took eggs, but the chickens were scared, thinking from my approach at night that I was a weasel or a fox. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

By gosh, he had run out over that trestle he was so scared of! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In Oregon, university fraternity brothers gathered around a radio, "spellbound” and "scared to death.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He built a wind-powered mechanism that generated noise to scare birds from the family fields and set out to create a perpetual motion machine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You almost scared us to death,” my mother muttered as she stripped the leaves from a tree limb to prepare it for my back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to scare it away, but I was unable to move. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was speaking at random, wanting to scare Riddle, wishing rather than believing it to be true — Riddle opened his mouth, but froze. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Joy lowers her voice, as if she’s scared to talk out loud, even though the only people in the house besides her are Mami and me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was scared, sure, terrified... but it was also fun, you know? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got the scare of my life. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in my face burned on and on, deep through my flesh, scaring my soul. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except, even scared to death of being found, he couldn’t scrape up full regret for that. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“To punish her, scare her. To make her see what could happen if she didn’t...if she tried to leave me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. I was kidding. Maybe I'll just growl, and scare her a little.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It brings a bitter taste to my mouth to show him that he scares me, but I have to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps my sitting in the library with an intensely cheerless, poetic look on my face only scared girls away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe it'd just been the wood, scaring us for its own amusement. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We knew it was a story, and I wasn’t scared at all.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was scared to say more for fear she’d hear the shake. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she’s as cutthroat as when she bargains, and I’m a little scared of her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I watched the traffic whizzing along, feeling less hungry now but still lonely and scared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie muttered, “They don’t really hate us. They don’t know us. How can they hate us? They mostly scared.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pentecostal preacher scared the women, hurling fire and brimstone and warnings of death from his pulpit. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, man, I know you wasn’t scared. I know it. So I had to come ask ya.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it. There en’t been many boys wanted that with me. Seems I scare ’em off or summing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had been scared of them all when I was still running with my brother. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They were wet to the skin and all were scared. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I was little, I used to hide under my bed and cry, scared he was coming for me next. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started to get scared about what he’d do when he finally came in, for there was really no telling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay on the floor scared to open my eyes, as I feared I would see my Olympic dreams vanish in front of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

After the East End scare, Russell and Piper no longer demanded stunts of him in return for attending school. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were bunched, too scared to move, to spread out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so scared, I almost drop the phone. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It hit with a force that scared Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was scared or he was happy or he was sad now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure they weren’t just hired to scare you? Rough you up a little to teach you to mind your betters?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After it had got completely quiet on the other side of the wall, I got scared thinking they might’a strangled each other. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Many of them had never visited my camp before, and they were scared. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maurine, the boy was in jail and scared. Now, I got in trouble once or twice as a boy. Curtis is a good kid. He just needed someone to help him out.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was it before the scare about the man in your compartment, or after?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take his leash off and let him run free, but I was scared to. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I could offer to use La Boba, but the thought of making her a mummy scares me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Get back to the way I want to be, ’cause I’m scared. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I lay down on the bed, scared and despairing, staring blankly out the window as the sky began to turn purple, then pink, with a new day. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mom was totally scared, and eventually the whole village was running around asking, “Have you seen him? Have you seen him?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

As McCunn’s food supply dwindled to almost nothing, he wrote in his journal, "I’m getting more than worried. To be honest, I’m starting to be a bit scared." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I certainly did. But true courage doesn’t mean you’re not afraid. True courage means you’re scared but you go ahead and do what needs to be done anyway.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Scared of the students, scared of his own subject — now, where’s me umbrella?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Years after the War of the Worlds broadcast, Orson Welles claimed that he always intended it to scare people. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Or maybe—just maybe—he was trapped in this hell, scared and confused, just like Tad, and wasn’t telling the truth because Tad had never given him a reason to trust him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. They might have been planning on dangling me over it just to scare me.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Joseph had a million questions he wanted to ask, but he couldn’t bring himself to say the words that scared him the most, so he didn’t say anything. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You don’t scare me,” she says, putting her hands on her hips, but before Miss Saunders can speak, here comes Tai, interrupting everything. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This weird New England affirmative—maybe it is spelled “aie-huh”—always made me laugh, as Finny knew, so I had to laugh, which made me feel less sarcastic and less scared. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not scared,” she said, like it was a bitter word she needed to spit out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Kaira wouldn’t have been surprised if El Genius had actually written the letters, to scare her into staying confined to her hotel room. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I look so ugly I’m scared of myself.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re not scared of me? You don’t think I’m some kind of unnatural girl, a beast?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ginny didn’t say anything, but glanced up and down the Gryffindor table with a scared look on her face that reminded Harry of someone, though he couldn’t think who. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Women, like deer, can be scared away by a strong musk, which is why it’s important to always wear deodorant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A low, deep, rumbling growl rolled from his throat I was scared and I called to him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to, but my—” “But your wife didn’t want to because she was scared, right? The guidebook said it was best to stay on the resort grounds.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m mighty scared of her daddy,” Stella admitted. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She stared at him, then whispered, “Are you scared?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No wonder she’d been so scared for me as I was growing up. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then there's a voice, the wrong voice, not my mother's, and I'm scared. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So here I was, traipsing after Ruthanne, enjoying the excited, scared feeling that made my spine shiver. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She asked. No, correction. She begged. She said she needed me. She was scared. And I figured that no matter what I thought about the whole thing, she is my daughter. My only daughter.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He said that he wasn’t scared when he was standing there and the wasps were stinging him and hurting him and he was watching me run away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe scaring people is part of the plan. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

To her left and right, the other girls shout at her, telling her not to be scared. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow he’d allowed this parachute jump to get to him and he was too scared to move. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Or were they all just too scared to think straight? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Ay, you’re so solemn! I must have scared you. Don’t worry, it’s nothing. Just a nuisance you learn to live with. Every woman does.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You scared the life out of me, mate,” he says. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Joe shrugged, trying to appear nonchalantly caustic instead of scared stiff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That sort of scared me a little bit. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“When we first moved here, the roaring used to scare me. But now, I find it...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you scaring these boys?” she demanded, inserting herself between me and the trooper holding the handcuffs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping Father wouldn’t argue with the man—it scared me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger was always surprised to find how easily you could scare the man with a few words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

All the traffic, all the people, the tall buildings—Dicey felt scared, and exhilarated. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scared Prim to death and, frankly, it wasn’t much fun for me to see him like that, either. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi. Sorry we scared you. Look, I don’t have much food, but...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I talk,” said Turner, “but not usually to people who hide out and scare someone so that a rock comes down on his face.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She tells me that before they got to the ICU, she was so scared of getting into trouble, but how when she burst inside the ward, she’d felt exhilarated. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I didn't want Diana to know, so I said let's go upstairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had to prove to me I wasn’t scared of nobody’s eyes, not even his. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to scare the girl any more than she was already scared. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I guess to remind us that he was brave, even though he was scared.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But instead I say, “Sure,” because I know Sam really wants to come and I know she wouldn’t be so scared if her grandma hadn’t polluted her mind with all those stories. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“All this rocket stuff they’re doing down at Cape Canaveral,” he said, “is just burning up taxpayers’ money to scare the Russians. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was right there, but they didn’t even notice she was alive She was scared about what they said and I heard her talking to my mama about it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I know. You can’t plan for feelings. Like with Percy, and your future - you can’t control every contingency. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it’ll be okay anyway.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But it was hard not to be scared. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying on that bright, dirty bed, he looked so skinny and white and squinty and scared, I could practically hear his silent screams about having nothing to live for. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

With oth-ers, she could almost feel their eyes crawling under her leathers; she didn’t know what they were thinking, and that scared her even more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What’s happening? but by that time Piper had started yelling and I practically had to smother her to shut her up because I was so scared of someone hearing us. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Huh? Yeah. I think my mom was kind of scared to come. You know, ’cause my dad is American. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think they’ll have giganza heart attacks or something, do you? You don’t think the shock will scare them to death, do you?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and gave Father a quick sort of scared look. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we’re really friends, then I need to help him—even if I am scared, more scared than I’ve ever been before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I was scared of Rowdy and I was scared of getting thrown in jail for vandalism, so I ran. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

How scared must someone be to actually go searching for death? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The idea of summoning Gray scared him even more than Hazel’s horse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I know I’m not stealing, but I get scared that they think I’m stealing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was the youngest one out here and one of the few who felt scared to walk down this street. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I am, too. I’m scared for all of us, but Jake is keeping an eye out.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’m also scared to knock on the wrong door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Poor Spaghetti—the kids are scared of him and prefer to pet the other animals. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We had the usual problems with punctures and the motor overheating, and though I tried to be careful, we scared our share of mules and horses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t go fishing with Uncle Edisto whenever Peach visited. His screaming scared away the fish—'This boat’s rocking too hard!’ and ‘Don’t hurt that worm!’ Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We could at least give him a scare. Should I load my pistol?” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He looked pale, as if he’d seen something that frightened him, and none of us could imagine anything that could scare Mr. Turner. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But mainly, this hydrophobia plague had me scared. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was exhausted, and scared sick, and around noon I pulled into an old fishing resort called the Tip Top Lodge. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surfer boy pushed his microphone in her face, which was so bewildered and scared I could tell she didn’t have a clue what he was even saying. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I guess they gave some of that bank money to the poor, but they killed some people and scared a lot more. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could now scare away lions, warm themselves during cold nights, and burn down the occasional forest. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know Mama don’t really want us learning root. If she thinks something bad happened, or that you’re scared, she’ll make both of us stop.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And to me, “He was too scared to stay, wasn’t he?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had not merely become silent; it had stopped existing, scared into its grave by his knock. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He expected her to say, They're excited or scared or worried for their jobs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw what I wanted: his eyes, confused, then scared. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Luke, you don’t scare me. I know you and Stan were really close and I figure you were, like, connecting on some other level or something. So somehow, somehow, without even knowing, you knew.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I can see her, young and small and scared, coming into Saint Grace’s for the first time, clutching that ratty panda bear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My mother’s voice was tight; she was trying for my sake not to be scared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I feel as scared and vulnerable as a plucked bird. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I guess we scared them off pretty good,” I said to Brian. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to scare you,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Having Ms. Morales watch him and Natalie now—and dart behind the drapes so he didn’t see her—just scared him more. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When she got scared as a child, one of my mother’s three mothers had held her and chanted their descent line, reeling the frighted spirit back from the farthest deserts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Connor,” Dad said, removing his ridiculous goggles, “what are you interested in? I mean besides pulling morbid pranks with my daughter and scaring our visitors away.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m scared out of my mind before I try to put my tongue in a girl’s mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You scared to come in? Well, that shows you’re a good dog.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to get scared off by a boy’s story?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like that the same world that brought us together is also scaring him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She was scared she would bump into something, and she put out her hand for the wall once more. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It made Percy feel silly for being scared of airplane turbulence. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I think Aunt Queen had a heart attack,” declared Gerald, who was really starting to feel scared. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute she had been scared they would try to corner her into taking the job. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And, truthfully, because I was scared of the Oranges, too. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I know there’s a part of her that’s as scared to look in the mirror as I am. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did have big, powerful arms, which might have scared her had she not had the most peculiar thought: those arms would allow him to give some lucky girl excellent hugs if she wanted them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And here he was letting some girl who wasn’t even ten yet scare the liver out of him by just telling what it was like to sight-see underwater. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was alone and scared; he knew what that had felt like. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As scared as I am to run, it feels good to sit with them and stretch together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We all get a little scared sometimes. There’s nothing wrong with it. Nothing at all.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn't know if he could hear me, but I was scared to go any closer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was keeping his distance from Greyback, and seemed as scared of looking at Harry as Harry was of looking at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Without her makeup on she looks about as scared as Aurora did when she was surrounded by all those honking cars. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I convinced my mom that I really wasn’t scared. I told her I’d been looking forward to the ride since forever.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean the sprint across the parking lot, Joaq. You ran like a scared rabbit.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like that. The sentence doesn’t have, like, an object. I’m just scared.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It scares me. I don’t want to feel apart from you. But maybe we’re not supposed to do everything together? Maybe we’re supposed to have some space.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was harder to feel scared of a lump of tea leaves away from the dim red light and befuddling perfume of Professor Trelawney’s classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They asked me what happened, and I was so scared that I told them everything. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even breathe, I was so scared. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ast, ‘Hep us not be scared, hep us not be greedy, give us courage to try.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t see much, do you? She was scared stiff as well. That’s why she asked us about him.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Percy wasn’t scared of ghosts, which was lucky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He watched the windows out of the corner of his eye; he always felt scared until he had passed. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, though, I didn’t need to jump in and scare it away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Right at the same table. I’ll be there throughout the entire trial. So don’t be scared.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I still had to do something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

So, weak and poor and scared, I let them call me names while I tried to figure out what to do. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Fannie was scared when she stood onstage to speak to a crowd, but remembering the anxious faces of the hardworking girls at their sewing machines gave her strength and courage. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

She herself was so scared she wasn’t sure if her heart was beating at all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Says that looking for me in the fog scared the beer right out of him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a way to scare away snakes. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It scares me that the waste man’s so interested in where we live,” I told Arul that evening as we spread plastic on the ground beneath our straw mats and pillows. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had never been so scared in her life. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friends too scared of people making fun of them or worse if they decided to stay friends. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You threw a stapler because you were scared,” Grace corrected him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Scared, boy? You weren’t scared that night you were in here with that girl, were you?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It scared me when you were gone like that.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've cleaned the bedroom we share about twenty times and straightened the pillows on the couch so many times they look scared to move. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And because, though I knew Arul was right that we had nothing to fear from the dead, a part of me was still scared a ghost might float by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I so scared then,” she told Mia, fingers working the soft paper of the napkin. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"You mean I scared you. And still do." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her big brother stood in the doorway to the room, wide-eyed and scared. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You said I wasn’t scared of anything. That’s not true. You. That’s what I’m afraid of. I’m afraid of you, Dante.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I thought he was a better coach than that and he got scared.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not scared, not now with a score of his fellows to back him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I regret bein’ so scared of the south, after it took my dad, that I couldn’t go back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“But this water park ... he acted almost scared. What would make a war god run away like that?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me with a scared expression. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed like that fall, or maybe it was the long prickly-pear spines that stabbed me in the hip, brought me out of my scare. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept on like this for hours, me reading and taking notes, Deborah staring at Elsie’s picture in long silences broken only by her sparse commentary: “My sister look scared.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was that, the knowing that we would win, and the excitement that overcame the being scared. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never understood my body—was it scared or excited? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

How I stroke a spot on my left cheek whenever I’m feeling scared or lonely? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She said that a boy in the Shanghai American School had been so scared, he’d wet his pants. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who noticed the man Jack when he was about his business—and he did not like to be noticed—were troubled, or made uncomfortable, or found themselves unaccountably scared. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I’m not scared to be out alone at night. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Good. I want to scare people. We should be scared. Then maybe people will rise up and do something.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted my coaches to see that even though I was small, I wasn’t scared to tackle the big skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He said, “They feel—scared. They—don't know. They never came here. They think it is a different world.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let it scare you off,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know how it feels to be scared—really scared—of something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I felt jumpy, like the instinct to be a scared little animal was now a part of me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s surprising—once you’re listening for it—how often people bring up dying to try to scare you. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I knew I done wasted my time worryin’ ’bout Biddy and being scared of boys. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I can hear the noises coming through the phone, and then I hear Margo cut her off and say, “Listen, I’m really sorry. I was just so scared.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A vision that, at the moment when his scare was sharpest, looked also like home comfortable enough to wallow in? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned in close, though it scared me, for the smell of death hung over that bed like a fog. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so scared I’d get lost, sweat prickled under my arms. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As she hung up the phone, she turned around to see me standing there confused and scared. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The town marshal also indicated that during the bureau’s investigation into the Osage murders, in 1925, Burt was so scared that he considered fleeing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Digger frowned and his lips parted as a scared, hurt look softened his steely expression. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She stood there shocked and scared, but ready nonetheless. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Two Step asked, not bothering to pretend he wasn’t scared. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Back home to scare my husband almost as much as I must have scared your parents.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, but Father realized I was scared from the way I was shaking. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sorry. I didn't mean it's not nice here. It's just—I'm still scared to sleep out in the open." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She hovered, “waiting on” for the girl to kick through the fields and scare up the game as Sam would have done. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Director means to scare people into submission. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The nostalgia is the stronger and the more ambiguous because he is really ‘in quest of his own absconded self yet scared to find it’. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though my father tried to reassure me that we were safe and that the situation would calm down, for the first time, I was really scared. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I'm not saying that it doesn't scare me, to bring it into the light. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m scared to watch the rest of the race, but I have to. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You can’t let them make you give up. They want you feeling ashamed of what you are. They want you so scared you’ll quit.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It makes me scared and nervous and jittery. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I ignored him and asked Mom, “Why are you so scared of me writing to him?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn't scared at all, even though I didn't know the language nor have a clue what I would do. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Pong nodded, backing away The mention of getting burned had scared him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was convinced that if anyone tried to assassinate him, these two stocky morons would be powerless to prevent it, but he trusted that their presence would at least scare off spontaneous detraaors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared, Goggles,” Sonia whispers to her brother in English, seeking his hand and refusing to let go. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s keep that as a backup plan, but I don’t think Phineas can be scared into cooperating. Besides, you’ve only got two more uses out of the spear, right?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ernie didn’t laugh, so Genie followed with, “The difference is, I was scared.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It’s true Ruth May gave us a bad scare, but he reminded Mother sensibly that a child can break an arm in Georgia or Kansas City or anywhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven flinched when Valley’s shoulder touched hers, but she was too cold and too scared to pull away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at Cooter and hoped that I waren’t looking scared as him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

This scares him but his mother tells him not to worry, that the lady is probably crazy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe somebody was after him. Did he look scared?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when she looked scared, like now, I knew she had a lot of guts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The thought of me scaring my biggest, strongest brother was laughable. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’d never been scared in the forest before, though I knew there were plenty of monsters. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Enough questions. You’ll scare the others. Just get ready to run—we can talk all we want back in the Thicket, I promise. But right now? We need to move.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was alive and wished that he was dead, but not being dead, he was scared that he might die. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In order to avoid scaring them, I walked back to the path and headed toward them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t it scare you, having your death close by all the time?” said Lyra. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I mean, I might be starting off with her talking about how scared she is with the smallpox spreading around the ship and killing people. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I was so scared at the bodega, I ate a bunch of candy bars.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He hates me too, or else he’s scared of me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Fear not, future wife of mine. If you get scared tomorrow night, I’ll only tend to you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A teeming, swirling world of enormous, wriggling creatures burst into my vision, scaring the daylights out of me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She spoke very quickly, glad that it was dark and that they couldn’t see how scared she was. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being good gets me in trouble; scaring bullies gets me out. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The chance of Big Rose winning scared me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“When Matt and Branch come with me, nothing stalks me. Maybe Matt would let me bring Branch each day. Even a little dog might scare the beasts back.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d love to close myself in the peace left by the woman who lived there and scared everybody. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got serious about school after that scare of failing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was plenty scared now, with nine venomous snakes crawling around his feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What could I say about what I had done to my parents and to Sam that wouldn’t scare him into letting go? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They appear one by one, like ghosts coming to life, and I’m scared to see how much trouble Old Hirsch and Schillinger have just getting down the rungs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, kind of, he looked real scared, then told his momma to keep me away from him. They even said I was a hoodlum. Will we be sleeping on the train and everything?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The question mark in his voice scared me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The scared was out there to see now. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I slept heavily except once I woke sweating and scared and then went back to sleep trying to stay outside of my dream. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Frank could tell he was scaring his friends, but he couldn’t help it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"All these years we were in jail, we thought we had no one because of Appa being too scared to tell you the truth." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, but I’m sure she is. I used to think she was just snooty, but it’s something else, I’m sure of it now. Madame’s scared of us.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You pretend to be brave, and do stuff to prove you’re not a scared person like she is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I went out hunting with Dad once, and he said that when you first scare up a rabbit, it hops a short way, then stops and looks back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m too scared to lift my arm to point. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

All of it scared Jam, way down into her bones. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He backed the car down the driveway, looking scared and shaken and small. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wondered why, and was a little scared, for I just knew something had happened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was too scared yet to walk into my life that bold way. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder what happens if you scare a narwhal. Maybe karma gives you a gigantic zit in the middle of your forehead and you get called an ugly unicorn for a month.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Seriously, I stopped watching TV completely—that’s how scared I was! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Alex shook his head and drew back, sheltering Nunu behind his leg, trying not to let her see he was scared. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Malala got shot in the face by the Taliban, and that still didn’t scare her away from fighting for girls’ rights. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And I was scared to death of being caught looking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No,” Otto corrected him, scared to go down this path, but needing to. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She heard the faint squeaking of rats and glimpsed a pair of tiny glowing eyes on the edge of the light, but rats did not scare her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was scared, in his dream, scared of this dead-faced man in pirate costume, his hand on the hilt of a cutlass. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He seemed so calm and cool with the cow-boys, but I wondered if down underneath he was really scared. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I'm so scared of getting cut by Tony D., so scared he might bite me with those wicked teeth, I just keep going. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m scared of my dad getting pulled into Secondary Security Screening at the airport for “random” questioning. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does, it scares me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There's a look on her face, a little scared, partly confused, partly something else. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared but I still had to look at the dogs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to scare her with that kind of stuff, didn’t want to alarm her any more than necessary. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now they were scared to answer the phone, fearing bad news. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“But they shouldn’t get more scared just because someone’s black.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Pork Chop came in strong and scared ’em by taking hard shots. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was just scared that I would never be strong enough to protect the people I loved. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It would scare the pants off the Mayor and leading businessmen.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Todd?” he barks, confused and scared and watching me leave him behind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A moment later he emerges with a beautifully decorated scim—the same blade he used to scare the ghuls away the day I met him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Plus he was scared that anything he said was going to make Ernie even madder. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It makes me scared that they are going to hit me or touch me and I do not know what is going to happen. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Never mind that—do as I say! Struggle! If you were to walk into the crate without resisting, Zuckerman might think you were bewitched. He’d be scared to go to the Fair.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The glass eye raised itself slowly from my face and a human voice said, “There you are. I didn’t mean to scare you.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piercing the quiet country morning, a rooster crows loudly and scares baby Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I finally had to kill the lynx because he scared off game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I hear the word “date,” I get scared. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I’m scared, no matter how I try to play it off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I admit that I was scared as I reached for the knob. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The simple fact of the matter was that Anastasia had been scared and adrenaline had surged, and once the hunter was gone, Pweto had become her next target. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my history, and it scared me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared of the city—do you think you’ll be scared of the woods?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z