trepidation

Example Sentences

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I clicked with the trepidation of someone bracing for a purity test.

From Salon

Investors have recently expressed trepidation about returns on big AI investments.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, some Ukrainians look with trepidation at Russian advances, however slow and costly.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There's a lot of trepidation about where inflation is," he said.

From BBC

Traders’ trepidation has sent Wall Street’s so-called fear guage—the Cboe Volatility Index—to some of its highest levels since April’s tariff announcements.

From The Wall Street Journal