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The phrase "afraid of leaving" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing fear or anxiety about the act of departing from a place or situation.
Example: "She was afraid of leaving her hometown, as it held so many cherished memories."
Alternatives: "fearful of departing" or "scared to go".
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We all sleep 3-4 hours daily and we are afraid of leaving a house.
The child rejected this, however, being afraid of leaving her own parents.
Parents are afraid of leaving the house, and children fear every day that parents will not return home.
Then the Californian's mother had a worrisome fall, and the Californian became even more afraid of leaving her alone.
Afraid of leaving the door open to Iran, the Saudis will do nothing to encourage Shia participation in Bahraini rule.Within the government itself, the cracks are evident.
At one point Mr. Siegel was close to settling because he could not take the stress and was afraid of leaving his family with nothing.
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Now I'm sitting in the dark, alone but for a rat terrier who is afraid of leaves, and I just heard something being dragged across the attic floor above me.
German research institutions are very afraid of Britain leaving the European Research Council.
Another talks of months of distress, afraid to leave the house in case of meeting Appelbaum or his followers.
"We were already afraid, and I was thinking of leaving for California," Mr. Ramirez said as he waited on the corner in a heavily Latino enclave already drained of people by the recession and the fear of police harassment.
"We've both grown up with night terrors, being afraid of being left alone, of being in the dark for too long".
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