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 story
noun
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.