trepidation

Example Sentences

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With great trepidation, I began to search for French news articles about the death of Quentin Deranque.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Despite my cat trepidation, I saw him again, just to make sure my first-date magic wasn’t a fluke.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Looming in the background for Carney, though, are domestic political considerations, with trepidation from pockets of the country’s Indian diaspora.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The news hammered software stocks, and trepidation quickly spread to other parts of the market.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Neither one of us said much of anything as we walked home in trepidation, certain that Assef and his friends would ambush us every time we turned a corner.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini