fear
noun
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
fears
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pluralof fear.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof fear (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
fearnouna distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.
Example Sentences
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Hours later, Coxon resigned from Anthropic over safety fears and told the world that people building AI “earnestly believe that it could kill us all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
In separate interviews, the three journalists detailed how they handled their duties and serving their viewers while also dealing with their own personal fears, including worries that family members might be in harm’s way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Such existential fears do not concern current AI systems, he stressed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Oil prices rise, inflation fears follow, and bond markets reprice accordingly,” Smith said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Somehow, giving voice to my fears scared me even more than leaving them unspoken.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
