trepidation

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

U.S.-traded oil futures gained $2.07, or 2.8%, to $77.29 a barrel as trepidation about the Strait of Hormuz grew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

But for all of Tom and Anna’s trepidation toward Max, they do little to thwart him from being all up in their business.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Fans, who've already been through the wringer, will be watching with even more trepidation than usual.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

Chandresh asks, eyeing it with a certain amount of trepidation.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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 moving there with small children, and we had a few rough months adjusting to the heat and battling intestinal ailments.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

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

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

Its waxings and wanings were marked by curious "trepidations" of brightness extremely perplexing to theory.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke