fear

Example Sentences

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The outgoing United Nations refugee chief fears an increasingly fragmented world is fuelling global conflicts and crises, and inflaming hostility towards people desperately fleeing for safety.

From Barron's

"The partnership back together, Saliba and Gabriel, gave them the platform to produce that second-half display. That is what you get from those two, the athleticism, the calmness and the fear factor."

From BBC

That will be the point, they fear, that they lose so many of their councillors or devolved parliament members – and so the foot soldiers that so many local political campaigns depend upon.

From BBC

After hearing from a doctor that she had roughly a year to live, Schlossberg said she feared her children wouldn’t remember her.

From The Wall Street Journal

The annual Nippy Dip in Stonehaven on New Year's Day has already been cancelled due to safety fears and Northlink Ferries has warned that some services may be disrupted from Friday to Sunday.

From BBC