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Advisers were afraid to express positions contrary to the president’s views because they feared a public denunciation or “that they would be cut out,” she said.

It gave me an absolutely liberating sensation that I could do things I would generally be afraid of.

From Eater

If you’re in pain every time you move, he explains, it’s normal to become afraid of moving—and it’s a physical therapist’s job to enable you to start moving enough that you can move past the fear.

The rabies virus is just a simple packet of DNA, but its complex psychological extended phenotype influences hosts to bite and to be afraid of water, both of which help spread rabies more effectively.

We want somebody who has not been afraid to tackle those issues and has a track record to bridge the gap between the police department and Oceanside residents, particularly people of color.

As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.

But we are afraid and we wonder to ourselves who will be next.

Are you excited, nervous, afraid, all of the above for the new Star Wars films?

But at this stage, he is either afraid or unable to get carried away by his thoughts.

Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, Shin settled in Hollywood.

I am afraid, Monsieur le Marquis, that I shall be interfering with your arrangements?

The heir apparent and his brothers were cowering in fear, afraid to strike, yet hoping that others would strike for them.

But I am afraid you would very soon get tired of us, and I ought to tell you, frankly, that our little home is to be—a broken up.

"I'm afraid I couldn't quite manage that, my dear boy," your fond parent would respond.

Mamma has proposed to her—in view of your absence—to come and stay with us, and she does n't seem afraid of the idea.

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On this page you'll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to afraid, such as: anxious, apprehensive, frightened, nervous, scared, and shocked.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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