Example Sentences

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Another sign is fearing spending or feeling poor even when you're not.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

Both have been in hiding - Ms Machado wrote in the Wall Street Journal that she is fearing for her “life” and “freedom.”

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024

There’s a good reason why everyone is fearing the worst.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2023

“Gov. Cox is fearing this may cost him his political career,” said Troy Williams, executive director of Equality Utah.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

It must, however, be a calm, quiet, and expectant intensity, rather than an intensity that is fearing, disturbed, and non-expectant.

From In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Trine, Ralph Waldo