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Sentences with fear

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  • I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
  • Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted. [VERB noun]
  • Not content with common fears like fear of heights or fear of death or even.
  • When we hold back the river's flow, the flow of love, we tend to run and hide in fear from our light.
  • These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure. [+ of]
  • She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis. [VERB that]
  • This definition of fear is useful in helping define the issues that traders.
  • Panic is an overpowering feeling of fear and anxiety that comes suddenly.
  • There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood.
  • Carla fears for her son. [VERB + for]
  • Fear is the general term for the anxiety and agitation felt at the presence of danger; , dread refers to the fear or depression felt in anticipating something dangerous or disagreeable [to live in dread of poverty]; fright applies to a sudden, shocking, usually momentary fear [the mouse gave her a fright]; alarm implies the fright felt at the sudden realization of danger [he felt alarm at the sight of the pistol]; terror applies to an overwhelming, often paralyzing fear [the terror of soldiers in combat]; panic2 refers to a frantic, unreasoning fear, often one that spreads quickly and leads to irrational, aimless action [the cry of “fire!” created a panic]
  • He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture. [+ for]
  • She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news. [VERB to-infinitive]
  • I fear that a land war now looks very probable. [VERB that]
  • fear of God
  • There is no fear of that happening
  • I fear that you have not won
  • A fear that it will rain
  • There was no fear of difficulty
  • I fear I am late
  • It's about to snow again, I fear.
  • I fear me he will ne'er forgive us.
  • I'll go with you, so do not fear!
  • In this time of economic instability, I fear for my children's future.
  • She is afraid to say anything for fear of the consequences.
  • He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.
  • Not everybody has the same fears.   I have a fear of ants.
  • I fear the worst will happen.   I fear for their safety.
  • People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.
  • I fear [regret that] I have bad news for you: your husband has died.
  • Hale and fear
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