be apprehensive of
Example Sentences
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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
She seemed to be apprehensive of their security.
From Command by McFee, William
You need not now be apprehensive of my bounty-money: I have ceased to be a soldier; when I was one, you might have thought more charitably of me.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
And again, as she is a Lady of very fluent Elocution, you need not fear that your first Child will be born dumb, which otherwise you might have some Reason to be apprehensive of.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
Well, my dear," said he, taking her hand, "now you have once ventured to come, don't be apprehensive of repeating your visits.
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny
