misgiving
Example Sentences
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Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023
And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?
From Salon • May 29, 2022
“This is exactly what they wanted, which is my biggest misgiving about leaving,” Ms. Levin said.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2017
A helicopter pilot worries whether his chopper is up to the chore of rescuing downed pilots; "beneath the bravado, he had misgiving about the primitive machine he was tasked to fly."
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2015
It looked like a children’s book, and he had his first pang of misgiving.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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