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Definition of scare story in English: scare storynounPlural scare stories A sensational account or news report that arouses fear or alarm about a particular issue. an increasing number of hoaxes and scare stories about email viruses scare stories in the press about teenage gangs Example sentencesExamples - In recent weeks a number of scare stories have been circulated in the media about the 'dire' consequences for the company's share price in the event of the management bid being rejected.
- The drug industry is very adept at seeding the media with scare stories to clog up the waiting room.
- We should neither accept easy reassurances nor hysterical scare stories which latch onto individual pieces of research.
- There were scare stories about Britain withdrawing from its commitments under the Human Rights Act.
- Don't believe scare stories about injuries: skiing is statistically safer than bicycling or swimming.
- With a credulous press printing daily scare stories of impending health care chaos, the administration scaled back its bold plan.
- Those who peddle scare stories about the supposed threat posed by those from the new member states should turn their minds to our own home-grown predicaments.
- The last few days have seen a couple of scare stories regarding online banking.
- Though scare stories abounded, especially in London, the Jacobites did not behave badly as they moved south.
- The media are often accused of whipping up medical scare stories, so Minerva was interested to read that sometimes they can be praised.
Definition of scare story in US English: scare storynoun A sensational account or news report that arouses fear or alarm about a particular issue. an increasing number of hoaxes and scare stories about email viruses scare stories in the press about teenage gangs Example sentencesExamples - There were scare stories about Britain withdrawing from its commitments under the Human Rights Act.
- Don't believe scare stories about injuries: skiing is statistically safer than bicycling or swimming.
- Those who peddle scare stories about the supposed threat posed by those from the new member states should turn their minds to our own home-grown predicaments.
- The last few days have seen a couple of scare stories regarding online banking.
- We should neither accept easy reassurances nor hysterical scare stories which latch onto individual pieces of research.
- Though scare stories abounded, especially in London, the Jacobites did not behave badly as they moved south.
- The drug industry is very adept at seeding the media with scare stories to clog up the waiting room.
- With a credulous press printing daily scare stories of impending health care chaos, the administration scaled back its bold plan.
- The media are often accused of whipping up medical scare stories, so Minerva was interested to read that sometimes they can be praised.
- In recent weeks a number of scare stories have been circulated in the media about the 'dire' consequences for the company's share price in the event of the management bid being rejected.
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