afeared
- a variation of afeard.
Example Sentences
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It included an episode in which Pepys was "afeared to be seen" in a summer suit he had just bought "because it was too fine with the gold lace at the hands".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
I am afeared, Being in night, all this is but a dream, Too flattering sweet to be substantial.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2016
Sir Kenneth Branagh as Isambard Kingdom Brunel in a stovepipe hat channelled Shakespeare's Prospero: "Be not afeared: the isle is full of noise."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2012
Mrs. Holton said, “They didn’t say nothing aforehand ’cause they was afeared your ma woulda run with you.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
I wouldn’t’ve thought I had enough strength left in me to run, but being afeared and being tired look like two things you caint feel at the same time.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
