fearfully

Example Sentences

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In the San Fernando Valley, neighbors reported fearfully of neighbors storing as much as a hundred gallons in their garages, 10 times the legal limit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Railing about powerlessness is a luxury we might want to save for the moment—should it ever fearfully arrive—in which we have truly got no power left to assert.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

"Are you from ICE?" one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

Videos shared on social media of the immediate aftermath of the quake, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed people fearfully running out of a shopping centre, restaurants and apartment buildings and congregating outside.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023

The crowds near the road moved back quickly, fearfully.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie