be apprehensive of
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In recusal questions, he said longstanding judicial ethics guidelines state a judge "should not be swayed by partisan demands, public clamor or considerations of personal popularity or notoriety, nor be apprehensive of unjust criticism."
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2011
No good Greek artist would have you behold the suffering, either of gods, heroes, or men; nor allow you to be apprehensive of the issue of their contest with evil beasts, or evil spirits.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John
You seem to be apprehensive of your own safety.
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William
And if you should be apprehensive of the trouble of doing so, there is the further haven of consolation that any number of people will take the trouble off your hands.'
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
He was entrusted by Nero with the government of Spain, before Nero had yet learned to be apprehensive of men of great repute.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
