Sentence examples for afraid about being from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "afraid about being" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression would typically be "afraid of being."
Example: "She was afraid of being judged by her peers."
Alternatives: "worried about being" or "scared of being."

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Matthew Todd, the editor of Attitude, said footballers remained unusual in that most seemed afraid about being featured in a gay magazine.

Is Dick Cheney afraid about being tried as a war criminal?

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Although I may not be "perfectly OK" with the unknown future, as my diploma from ImprovBoston proclaims, this recovering no-sayer is now more curious than I am afraid about what is yet to be revealed.

He is afraid of thinking about being afraid, lest he suddenly become afraid and break out in a sweat — the victim of "an endless funhouse hall of mirrors of fear".

I can't take them to a movie theatre because I'm afraid about what's going to happen".

Those things that I'm afraid to do are always about being afraid of being exposed.

"I'm sick and afraid about what's going to happen to our school," said Nydiqua Johnson, 16, a junior at West Side High School in Newark.

"You're only afraid if you have something to be afraid about," Buffett said.

It still does, and many others said that I have nothing to be afraid about, too.

So you become angry about being afraid.

The first album was about being afraid of being young and having an identity crisis – but with a positive message".

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