The phrase "act in fear" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is making decisions or taking actions based on fear or anxiety.
Example: "In times of crisis, some people tend to act in fear rather than rationally assessing the situation."
Alternatives: "respond out of fear" or "react in fear".
As she acted in fear that the fake bomb might explode, Barrera took money from a safe and dumped it outside, where it was picked up by an accomplice, Richard Menchaca.
Someone with delirium might seem more foggy mentally and have trouble focusing, speak without making sense, hallucinate or act out in fear and paranoia.
Don't dart across the room for a weapon and scream "I have a gun" because if the burglar feels threatened, he may act out in fear or panic and hurt or kill you.
While Congress provided Presidential authority for weapon sales with the Foreign Military Sales Act of 1961, amended in 1968, et al Nixon's sales to Iran and Saudi Arabia in 1973 without notification of Congress stirred war-weary Members to act in the fear that such sales would generate another military misadventure.
Instead of the depleting act of wallowing in fear, you can be making an impact and advance your life.
But has been afraid to act upon it, in fear of being charged with the Death Penalty," the letter read.
Top photo shows Nancy Ogden, sister oForonvicted murderer Richard Glossip, coupleting her grandsof Kevin Ogden at a demonstration protesting the the scheduled execution in Oklahoma on September 15, 2015.
What characteristics of the relationships between communities might lead one to respond when the other is attacked or befallen by disaster, and how do these inter-communal relationships influence the impact and effectiveness of terrorist acts in promoting fear?
Pope Alexander III received him with honour but hesitated to act decisively in his favour in fear that he might throw Henry into the arms of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I and his antipope, Paschal III.
