trepidation

People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

U.S. stocks were mixed as inflation and Middle East war trepidation offset optimism about the artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Celtic fans are tiptoeing with trepidation into their first European action since their Champions League play-off collapse in Linz, a capitulation that has the same supporters questioning this team's big-game credentials, especially after Sunday.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

Thomas felt one final moment of trepidation, a quick slice of fear through his body, and then it vanished.

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 coming at all, but I'm glad I did," he says.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

Were there any trepidations or concerns that you had when publicly coming forward with this story?

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022

If my heart faltered, it must not be supposed that my trepidations arose from any selfish considerations.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown