The phrase "afraid of facing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing fear or anxiety about confronting a situation or challenge.
Example: "She was afraid of facing her fears during the public speaking event."
Alternatives: "fearful of confronting" or "dreadful of facing".
"It shows that they're awfully afraid of facing me in the general election.
Called her chicken, said she was afraid of facing Cathy Freeman.
The Senators, who finished with a flourish to reach the playoffs, are not afraid of facing the Eastern Conference champions.
"It's no surprise many legislators are against Proposition 11 — they're afraid of facing a real opponent," Mr. Bloomberg said.
They are afraid of facing Mubarak and saying to him: Go. "They are arranging their affairs because he was a symbol of the regime and he was controlling them.
A delighted Heimir Hallgrimsson warned England that Iceland are not afraid of facing them in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Monday after his side's rollercoaster 2-1 victoverover Austria at Stade de France.
And that's exactly what Obama is afraid of: faced with the truths revealed in Dirty Wars, they know most Americans would cut themselves free of McRaven's Seal Team Sick.
A rabbi from Nazareth once said, "The truth shall set you free". And that's exactly what Obama is afraid of: faced with the truths revealed in Dirty Wars, they know most Americans would cut themselves free of McRaven's Seal Team Sick.
They communicate incessantly but are afraid of face-to-face conversations; they worry, often nostalgically, that they're missing out on something fundamental.
There are things to be afraid of; we face uncertainty in our lives, our economy, our country, our world.
In the end, the Kansas board made exactly the decision Dr. Miller and others expected -- and its fundamentalist members were able to claim that scientific defenders of evolution had stayed away because they were afraid to face criticism of their ideas.
