trepidation

People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Celtic fans are tiptoeing with trepidation into their first European action since their Champions League play-off collapse in Linz, a capitulation that has the same supporters questioning this team's big-game credentials, especially after Sunday.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The only trepidation would’ve been because this was the power-ballad era of all the hair-metal bands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The expected rush has caused trepidation for the authorities, who are pleading for caution amid fears that the heavenly phenomenon will unleash hell on the ground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

With trepidation, Anya set the scale onto Kin’s palm.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Next year, Ravinder and Gita will have been married for half a century, the trepidations of youth dispelled by time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

"I had trepidations about coming at all, but I'm glad I did," he says.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

Were there any trepidations or concerns that you had when publicly coming forward with this story?

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022

Such is the case when engines are to be installed in places where, owing to the absence of factories, it is necessary to avoid all nuisance, such as noise, trepidations, odors, and the like.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by R. E. Mathot