Sentence examples for afraid of committing from inspiring English sources

A friend in Tucson told me recently about her neighbor, an undocumented woman who no longer drives to pick up her children from soccer practice because she is so afraid of committing a traffic violation that could send her into deportation.

We know that we need to decarbonise our economy and that in doing so we will open up significant economic opportunities, but politicians and businesses are afraid of committing to the decisions now that will only pay off years down the line.

(MPI Media is releasing "Herman Wouk's 'War and Remembrance' Vol. I," a six-disc DVD package containing the first 14 hours of the series and costing $130. ) Brandon Stoddard, president of ABC Entertainment from 1985 to 1989 and a champion of Mr. Curtis's efforts, said: "Afterward, network executives were afraid of committing to a 10-, 12- or even 8-hour miniseries.

If both or one of you is afraid of committing to a color, don't.

She stresses that if you're afraid of committing sexually to one person forever, maybe you're not ready to get married.

I was afraid of committing some egregious error that would betray me as a complete fraud--by the way I held the glass or something.

"They're definitely afraid of getting whipsawed, of committing money and then all of a sudden having the Dow pull back a couple thousand points," said Hank B. Smith, chief investment officer for Haverford Investments.

As these personages drift in and out of the "marble room" of Ada's mind, Ada vacillates between relationships, afraid to commit the property of the spirit world to human hands.

That is because people are often afraid to commit because of uncertain moving dates, Mr. Walsh said.

But sometimes people want to fall in love and have the kind of affair books or movies are made of, but are too afraid to commit to love for it to happen.

I jumped from diet to another, afraid to commit to one course of action 100%.