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Discover LudwigThe phrase "afraid of sharks" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing fear or anxiety regarding sharks, often in discussions about swimming, diving, or marine life.
Example: "Many people are afraid of sharks, which is why they hesitate to swim in the ocean."
Alternatives: "fearful of sharks" or "scared of sharks".
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Are you afraid of sharks?
But I'm honestly more afraid of sharks.
I'm supposed to be afraid of sharks?
After Jaws, people weren't merely afraid of sharks.
He said he wasn't afraid of sharks, and that "nighttime was fine.
Rather than swim in the ocean he was, sensibly, afraid of sharks—he quit.
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It's the reason people are afraid of shark attacks or plane crashes, when the odds of either event are exceptionally low.
The fault lies in part with the media — the movie that makes a generation of people afraid of shark attacks at the beach when mosquito-borne disease is far more common, or the news accounts that make us more fearful of plane crashes than the vastly greater danger of car crashes.
People who are afraid of, say, sharks can just avoid swimming in the ocean.
(Why is he so afraid of defeat?) "Shark," though, wants to have it both ways: he keeps winning, but now for the right reasons.
I believe I have a healthy fear of the ocean and am afraid of a shark attack.
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