Example Sentences

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Mercedes' performance also raised questions about whether their season can end up being better than they have been fearing in the first two races.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

This kind of language is just what advocates for reproductive rights and for L.G.B.T.Q. rights have been fearing.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022

And, as hard as it may be to accept, there are genuine reasons to believe that the midterm elections may not be the democracy-ending bloodbath that so many of us have been fearing.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2022

She said the incident is exactly what neighbors have been fearing amid the recent crime surge.

From Fox News • Jul. 1, 2021

At least we shall be able to find if what we have been fearing has come true.

From The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire by Vandercook, Margaret