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Main Entry:
ap·pre·hen·sion
[
ap-ri-
hen
-sh
uh
n
]
/
ˌæp
rɪˈhɛn
ʃən
/
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Main Entry:
apprehension
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
Filled with
apprehension
, she decides to see a psychiatrist and a neurologist and to get her brain scanned.
After that, I worked in a state of constant
apprehension
.
Our first thoughts are for safety of the community and for prompt
apprehension
of the person responsible.
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Filled with
apprehension
, she decides to see a psychiatrist and a neurologist and to get her brain scanned.
After that, I worked in a state of constant
apprehension
.
Our first thoughts are for safety of the community and for prompt
apprehension
of the person responsible.
But there appears to be an
apprehension
that there is something sacred about that number.
She captures well the physical discomfort, worry and
apprehension
that fear brings.
With a tickle of
apprehension
, I dragged the e-mail icon from the dock and watched it disappear in a puff of digital smoke.
All of the cops that were assisting in the
apprehension
of this most dangerous individual should immediately be suspended.
The war-years letters are filled with
apprehension
about mankind's addiction to the use of force.
That expresses well the
apprehension
, in both senses, of an intellectual transported to another land.
These responses weren't what I wanted to see, because they confirm and articulate my
apprehension
.
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