fearful
Example Sentences
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Cubs in particular can become less fearful and develop a taste for farmed produce and common fruits such as persimmon.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
But equities are more likely to struggle when stock-market investors become fearful about risks to growth, said Martin Adams.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
And she is fearful for the fate of detainees.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
One can decry Broadway’s fearful economic dependence on the familiar while still recognizing, as this sampling of the spring musical season illustrates, that all art is fundamentally an act of reinvention.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Once out of that fearful place they dropped to the ground and, hurrying to the ship, in no time launched it and were aboard.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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