Though the bulk of the novel concerns the waltz itself, a scene of excitement and intense trepidation – a night with so much riding on it in her young mind – it never feels slight.
The end result of my having completely bought into the doctor's advice (after all,he does have the expertise and experience) has, however, made me much more wary than I am used to, to the extent that I could not even take an outside walk by myself without intense trepidation.
For Titina Pantazi, the 70-year-old chair of the Women's Union of Greece who has lived through her country's civil war and dictatorship, it is a period of intense fear and trepidation that makes her worry for her daughter and for all Greek women.
I was filled with an intense sense of trepidation, the instinct to run was overwhelming, but there was nowhere to run to in this metal tube filled with almost 300 people.
The mood in the city of Barcelona was a mix of intense joy and subdued trepidation.
It came through that way on Sunday in the gripping, nuanced performance that Mr. Noseda conducted, right from the start, when the hushed chorus sang, "Requiem aeternam," asking the Lord to grant the deceased eternal rest, but in veiled, quietly intense music that suggests trepidation, as if the choristers were afraid to make this plea.
"We, of course, expect the credit rating agencies, like all other financial players, and in particular during this very difficult and sensitive period, to act in a responsible and rigorous way". S&P is one of a handful of credit rating agencies that wield enormous clout in the financial markets where investors await their opinions with a mixture of intense interest, fear and trepidation.
Stagier instincts came out in an intense "Gretchen am Spinnrade" ("Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel"), nervous trepidation ceding to acidity in lines like "the whole world is turned to gall".
The feelings of fear, awe and trepidation that this simple image conjures are far more intense than any detailed CGI depiction of the impossible I have yet encountered.
After the intense self-appraisal and high expectations this occasion precipitated, I approached my 25th reunion with some trepidation: How would I — and it — measure up?
