fearfully

Example Sentences

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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

Like an emperor has no clothes situation, do we fearfully accept IQ tests as the primary means of measuring intelligence so we will not have our own intelligence challenged?

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

Who were those girls, the white child fearfully asks.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Kingshaw stuffed the message fearfully into his trouser pocket.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill