Sentence examples for afraid of retribution from inspiring English sources

"I can understand being afraid of retribution if you name names," he said.

Asked if he was afraid of retribution, one man said, "what could be worse than this?" In Kungyangon, there was no rice in the shops.

You call 911 to make a complaint, we show up," said one Oakland police sergeant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is afraid of retribution.

Other judges told investigators that they had not felt pressured; they said they either had not hired from the list or had done so on the appointees' merits, not because they were afraid of retribution by the party.

"It has become an extremely dangerous, zero-sum game," said an expatriate political consultant who asked not to be identified because his family lives in Iran and he was afraid of retribution.

They are afraid of retribution.

"People are afraid of physical retribution, especially in today's atmosphere of growing hatred," he said.

Everyone is afraid of retaliation and retribution.

The answer, of course, is to find a teacher, police officer, anyone in authority, but children, often afraid of being tattletales or fearful of retribution, may not be inclined to seek help.

How did Fox News go from something we maligned, laughed at, feared, thought of as SO right wing to a hard-edged news force that even, dare I say his name for fear of retribution, Donald Trump was afraid of?

It's hard to pin down specific accusations by women against specific councils (many are afraid to speak out for fear of retribution from their communities), but human rights organisations point to numerous cases where Sharia councils have made getting a religious divorce – often from abusive husbands – harder for women, causing unnecessary psychological trauma as a result.