afraid
Example Sentences
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"We walk around completely afraid, constantly on alert," said Caroline Lo Bianco, 36, a dentist who had her phone ripped from her hands through the window of an Uber when she was seven months pregnant.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
If that sounds dangerous to our critics, I’m afraid to ask what they would like to see instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Lawson is supportive in her judging but not afraid to tell the bakers where they can improve. She gives helpful advice."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
She was afraid the news would leak when she went among the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
A searing blister had erupted on my right heel—a bloody, foreign kind of pain that I’d been afraid to mention to anyone because I didn’t want to look too tender.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
