afraid

Example Sentences

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Those detained in the ICE raids have included some joint US-Somali citizens, though their relatives were too afraid to talk to me.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Most people stop speaking up not because they’re afraid, but because nothing changes.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

He said inmates reported that inmate group leaders were “always sending messages” up until election day, adding that they were too afraid to say much more.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

“They’re afraid that drones can fly over Red Square,” he said at a diplomatic summit in Armenia, an ex-Soviet republic that has traditionally been in Moscow’s sphere in influence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“I’m afraid it is, son,” he said, “and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do about it right now; but someday I will, or I’ll die trying.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls