trepidation

The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

U.S.-traded oil futures gained $2.07, or 2.8%, to $77.29 a barrel as trepidation about the Strait of Hormuz grew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

But for all of Tom and Anna’s trepidation toward Max, they do little to thwart him from being all up in their business.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

We were surrounded by so much beauty; it was almost impossible to let trepidation win.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

He gazed in trepidation at the white-crested churning water of the San Francisco Bay as they headed across the San Mateo bridge.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

Next year, Ravinder and Gita will have been married for half a century, the trepidations of youth dispelled by time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

"I had trepidations about coming at all, but I'm glad I did," he says.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

With each passing day, rail workers are getting their story out about their trepidations about the length, weight and make-up of the toxic train that originated in Illinois and was headed east to Pennsylvania.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2023

A long "Oh-h-h" burst from the spectators: the stand creaked and shook with their blissful trepidations.

From Summer by Edith Wharton