Signs that Greece's anti-bailout party Syriza was gaining more support ahead of this month's elections added to the apprehensive mood.
"I've been fit all my life but, at 55 years old, I am very apprehensive," added Brown ahead of his first marathon.
Even so, she added: "I'm somewhat apprehensive about starting a club at work.
"We are deeply apprehensive," he added.
But, he added, "I'm a little apprehensive".
People might be more apprehensive this year, he added, because West Nile virus had been out of the local news for so long.
Furthermore, he added, should the marines be properly apprehensive about underwater obstacles, these would be effectively eliminated well before D Day by teams of Navy frogmen who would clear the beaches.
Mrs. Klunker "was a little aggressive and suspicious and apprehensive of insurance companies," he added.
"Students are feeling pretty apprehensive, afraid, and simply shocked," added sociology major Asrar Haq, 19.
Mr Tennent admitted he was "apprehensive" about a potential NACRO merger, but added: "I would want Totton College to offer the community as wide a range of vocational qualifications as possible and not narrow that offering to a core audience.
