fearful
Example Sentences
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Madonna looks at a world where “no one wants to go outside,” nodding at the ways the COVID-19 pandemic broadly increased our isolation and made people more fearful of reality and each other.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2026
Unfortunately for my wallet, I’ve already RSVP’d “yes” to all these weddings — I’m just too fearful of missing out, or being judged for not going.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026
They were sufficiently fearful that they were willing to advertise their own vulnerability in the hope of diminishing the likelihood of him facing a challenge.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
There was no electricity in much of the area, and dozens of residents spent the night in the streets, fearful of aftershocks.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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