trepidation
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People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
But on Wall Street, the mainstream view holds that rising yields largely reflect trepidation about the future, not unalloyed optimism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The only trepidation would’ve been because this was the power-ballad era of all the hair-metal bands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
His arms fell to his sides as he turned, looking around the Glade for a sign of Ben, trepidation building within him as he wondered what the boy would do when he saw him.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Next year, Ravinder and Gita will have been married for half a century, the trepidations of youth dispelled by time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
I had trepidations about moving there with small children, and we had a few rough months adjusting to the heat and battling intestinal ailments.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
"I had trepidations about coming at all, but I'm glad I did," he says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
Lambert had naturally obeyed, without murmur, but with vague trepidations at thought of this, his first journey into the great town.
From The Nest of the Sparrowhawk by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Vocabulary lists containing trepidation
The Crucible
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Grade 10, List 6
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