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Apprehensive
"Apprehensive" in a Sentence (15 examples)
I am apprehensive of the outcome.
The climbers were apprehensive of their danger.
They are apprehensive that some further disaster might occur.
They were apprehensive that the situation would worsen.
She is apprehensive of failure in the finals.
She was apprehensive about receiving criticism of her performance.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.
Tom looks apprehensive.
Tom seems apprehensive.
Everyone was apprehensive.
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This convinc'd me that there was no going on Shore for us in the Night upon that Coaſt, and how to venture on Shore in the Day was another Queſtion too; for to have fallen into the Hands of any of the Savages, had been as bad as to have fallen into the Hands of Lyons and Tygers; at leaſt we were equally apprehenſive of the Danger of it.
But Claggart's was no vulgar form of the passion. Nor, as directed toward Billy Budd, did it partake of that streak of apprehensive jealousy that marred Saul's visage perturbedly brooding on the comely young David. Claggart's envy struck deeper.
Never before in his life had Dan Holland feared anything, but now he was apprehensive for the safety of this trim blond creature before him.
More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.
In 16.66 the non-visual apprehensive is used with the third-person.
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