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
"Were I in your place," said Smith, "I should be apprehensive of Wild, because he's a declared enemy."
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
She seemed to be apprehensive of their security.
From Command by McFee, William
And again, as she is a Lady of very fluent Elocution, you need not fear that your first Child will be born dumb, which otherwise you might have some Reason to be apprehensive of.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
On this immensely high mountain, I should be apprehensive of the lightning, which the poets, and I think the philosophers too, have told us strikes the highest.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
