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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a source of fear" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes anxiety, dread, or apprehension in individuals or groups.
Example: "The dark forest was a source of fear for the children, who believed it was haunted."
Alternatives: "a cause of anxiety" or "a trigger for fear".
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That is a source of fear.
Iraqi citizens have lost a source of fear.
Productization is also a source of fear for many employees.
Change was at once a virtue and a source of fear.
Two of my cousins were killed by random shooting and my husband's trip to work became a source of fear and panic to all the family.
Part of it is just our relentless human drive toward mediocrity; anything new and confusing, however valuable, will be a source of fear and trumped-up nostalgia.
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The state's aging levee system has long been a source of concern, with fears of large-scale failures that could leave Sacramento, the state capital, vulnerable to a Hurricane Katrina-scale flood.
They are creepy, crawly and, for some, a source of irrational fear.
For 21 / 2 years, the rods have been a source of sharp fear and, later, apprehension.
Students, though, say it's an "inappropriate and potentially harmful addition to our community," and that the Sleepwalker "has become a source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault".
For as James Baldwin once put it, "People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them". Then, too, New York, in its continual processing of new immigrant groups, tends to remain what it was at the beginning and thus stays a source of both fear and hope.
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