be apprehensive of
Example Sentences
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In recusal questions, he said longstanding judicial ethics guidelines state a judge "should not be swayed by partisan demands, public clamor or considerations of personal popularity or notoriety, nor be apprehensive of unjust criticism."
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2011
You seem to be apprehensive of your own safety.
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William
She seemed to be apprehensive of their security.
From Command by McFee, William
Flora began to be apprehensive of the loquacious and observant mistress and maid.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
Let none, except the authors themselves, be apprehensive of delations, which, as a subject, I have always condemned, and, as a prince, will severely punish.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart
