be apprehensive of
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In recusal questions, he said longstanding judicial ethics guidelines state a judge "should not be swayed by partisan demands, public clamor or considerations of personal popularity or notoriety, nor be apprehensive of unjust criticism."
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2011
Do not be apprehensive of any opposition from ministers.
From Peter Plymley's Letters, and selected essays by Smith, Sydney
I would be apprehensive of submitting the absolute determination of the question to an official tribunal for the reasons, among others, which I have mentioned above.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
No good Greek artist would have you behold the suffering, either of gods, heroes, or men; nor allow you to be apprehensive of the issue of their contest with evil beasts, or evil spirits.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John
I am willing that you be apprehensive of nothing portentous in blazing stars.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson
