fear

Example Sentences

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Farmers who fear not being able to optimize their corn yields may decide to plant less corn or switch crops and plant soybeans, which need less fertilizer.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Iranians reached by the Journal, however, expressed more fear than hope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Although the surge in redemption requests among non-traded BDCs seems alarming, the firm believes investors are witnessing a liquidity-driven event fueled by fear, rather than a fundamental decline in credit quality.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Many people fear the regime will emerge from the attacks hardened and embittered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

But she did not seem deserving of Gingersnipes’s fear.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman