fearfully
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Tanned and relatively relaxed from their vacations in Turkey, they spoke fearfully of what they would find upon returning home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Railing about powerlessness is a luxury we might want to save for the moment—should it ever fearfully arrive—in which we have truly got no power left to assert.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
"Are you from ICE?" one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
I turned around to find Kaitlyn and her mother staring fearfully at the mound of cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Ranofer dropped his sandstone and looked around fearfully.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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