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  • adjective superlative form of scary: most scary.

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Examples

  • If Brock Lesnar wins, he'll be fulfilling his potential and making a huge downpayment on the title scariest man alive.

    Bloody Elbow 2009

  • Of all the frightening specters looming above us in the brave new world of Bush II - and there are many to choose from - I think the scariest is the privatization of Social Security.

    the scariest thing 2005

  • Serena Williams still has blood clots in her lung but hopes to return to tennis this summer after recovering from a pulmonary embolism, which she called the "scariest moment in my life."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • There was a staggering number of helmet-to-helmet hits, particularly in the 1 p.m. games, and one of the scariest was the collision between DeSean Jackson of the Eagles and Dunta Robinson of the Falcons.

    NFL's former director of officiating calls for action after day of helmet-to-helmet hits Cindy Boren 2010

  • Brazil's anti-smoking images, introduced in 2002, have been called the scariest in the world.

    Cigarette pack warnings scarier in other countries 2010

  • Brazil's anti-smoking images, introduced in 2002, have been called the scariest in the world.

    Cigarette pack warnings scarier in other countries 2010

  • Brazil's anti-smoking images, introduced in 2002, have been called the scariest in the world.

    Cigarette pack warnings scarier in other countries 2010

  • Also, we're following what is shaping up to be a dangerous night of tornadoes -- breaking news on that, the latest on a storm system that forecasters call the scariest they have seen since 1974 -- that and more tonight on 360.

    CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008 2008

  • Also, we're following what is shaping up to be a dangerous night of tornadoes -- breaking news on that, the latest on a storm system that forecasters call the scariest they have seen since 1974 -- that and more tonight on 360.

    CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2008 2008

  • Of all the frightening specters looming above us in the brave new world of Bush II - and there are many to choose from - I think the scariest is the privatization of Social Security.

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

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