feared

When I was in Holland, this is the kind of thing people feared.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He feared the police might go on strike and join the protestors.
The GOP and Police Unions: A Love Story|Eleanor Clift|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In prison and on the streets they are one of the most feared gangs in America.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After charging at the officer, the teen was sadly but subsequently killed by the officer who feared for his life.
It’s Time to Hold Protesters Accountable|Ron Christie|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To this, it is greatly to be feared, the fiery Southerns will not submit without an armed struggle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
It is to be feared that the attractions of the house-dinner were not the sole inducement to many of those sitting there.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Yet he feared to meet her eyes, and was glad of a saluting sepoy who swaggered jauntily past the open gate.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
After looking for them in vain down below he had feared that they might have found their way into the open air.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey

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