afraid
adjective
feeling fear; filled with apprehension.
half-afraid
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a word derived from
afraid.
Example Sentences
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I was half-afraid that if I sneezed too hard, a rotor might fall off.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2014
“Are you coming with me?” he asked her, half-afraid, half-teasing.
From Washington Post
Dede raked her eyes over the yard, half-afraid her sister was finding fault there, too.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
He clutched his tunic to his chest with both hands and hunched down in the saddle, half-afraid that Roose Bolton might command his guardsmen to tear the clothes off him right there in the street.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
She knew moments of doubt when she was half-afraid, and kept looking back over her shoulder, imagining that she heard the sound of pursuit.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
