spook
noun
will spook
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future tenseof spook.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The marked increase in stockpile will spook traders into a sell-off mode, Varqa said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2021
On Saturday, several new heavy military vehicles rolled through Red Square, the product of an expensive modernization that Russian leaders have bragged will spook the West.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2015
"I've got to believe that this will spook anybody from considering making the North Koreans bad guys in a film," movie producer Bill Gerber said of the hacking on Sony before "The Interview" was pulled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2014
Although it's technically a ghost story, ghosts aren't what will spook you.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010
Sight-casters know that failing to spot a fish until it's too close will spook it or make it too wary to catch.
From Time Magazine Archive
