apprehensiveness
Example Sentences
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But covid apprehensiveness is not what it once was, and many may feel that a couple of shots is enough.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
That’s valid, that apprehensiveness is valid, but also realize that it’s necessary to criticize something in order for it to grow and improve.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2020
Justice Souter said the ordinance was permissible because begging can create “serious apprehensiveness, real or apparent coercion, physical offense or even danger.”
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2014
They undermined themselves with an apprehensiveness that made them strike out in anxiety.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2010
Inez’ conscience, sensitive from the load already resting upon it, quivered with new apprehensiveness.
From The Spell by Orcutt, William Dana
