fearfulness
- a word derived from fearful.
Example Sentences
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In my office, clients cry in front of me and express their anger; they can get in touch with parts of themselves that have felt deep shame and fearfulness.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024
Symptoms of this in children include chronic fatigue, anger, poor concentration and fearfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023
And such fearfulness can inspire crackdowns — on school reading lists, on state websites and in classrooms.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022
And the fearfulness that has created this situation has been exposed, time and again, during these protests.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2020
It had taken a while to accustom herself to the bird, to end her fearfulness around it.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
