The phrase "afraid for instance" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used when providing an example of something one is afraid of, but the phrase needs to be restructured for clarity.
Example: "I am afraid, for instance, of heights."
Alternatives: "worried, for example" or "concerned, such as".
He was afraid, for instance, of going down in history as "the chairman who missed China", and made umpteen trips there bearing gifts of leather-bound copies of the Shakespeare plays so beloved of China's then leader, Jiang Zemin.
When someone uploaded a recording of the Eminem song "Not Afraid," for instance, instead of taking down the recording, YouTube ran pop-up ads that let people buy the song or the ring tone and shared the revenue with the copyright owner.
We may be afraid, for instance, that if we let go of blame, we're betraying our own emotions and setting ourselves up for further injury.
Mr da Silva would be less afraid of intervening, for instance to stop state-controlled Petrobras buying foreign-made oil platforms.
(In an HSBC money-laundering case, for instance, afraid of harming the shareholders and destabilizing the financial system, the government ultimately blinked, and settled outside of criminal proceedings).
She wasn't afraid to stand up, for instance, and publicly criticise her Grey's colleague Isaiah Washington when he referred to her other colleague and best friend TR Knight, who is gay, as a "faggot".
There are interesting moments here: Our Love's unusual harmonies, for instance, or Afraid of Nothing's orchestral slow build.
Rothschild's dog, for instance, was afraid of slippery floors as a puppy, and he needed weeks of practice to get used to jumping fences.
For instance, being afraid of venomous spiders and avoiding them is not an example of excessive fear.
Even before he became president, Trump wasn't afraid of risking suit by, for instance, not paying his contractors what his company had promised.
Farmers, for instance, were afraid they would lose cheap labour.
