feared

Example Sentences

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Maria Tran said she told the responding deputies that she feared for herself and her family and was requesting help obtaining a restraining order.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

They fled on a train and, after abandoning a plan to settle in Israel, where Edith feared more violence, emigrated with their baby daughter, Marianne, to Baltimore in 1949.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Tatel is legally blind and seemingly feared that the justice would act with factual blindness.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Refineries and petrochemical plants never faced the shutdowns markets had feared.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Seven screamed, but she feared it was too late.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega