afraid
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t look dynamic; it looks tentative, as if he’s afraid to settle into a line of thought.
She said "my kids were afraid that I was going to die and they were going to die", and that her family began to dread public spaces and social events.
From BBC
“Because my kids were afraid that I was going to die and they were going to die.”
From Los Angeles Times
Instead of asking, “Who’s resisting AI?” they ask, “What are people afraid of losing?”
From MarketWatch
The Brekkes are the type who aren’t afraid to go after what they want and protect what they have, all with North Dakota good nature.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
