The phrase "afraid of the winter" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing fear or apprehension about the winter season, whether due to cold weather, seasonal affective disorder, or other reasons.
Example: "She has always been afraid of the winter, dreading the long, dark days and the biting cold."
Alternatives: "fearful of winter" or "apprehensive about winter".
"I think we'll stay about where we are until the end of the year, but I'm deathly afraid of the first quarter of '02".
He was "never afraid" of the 1930s horror films such as Dracula and The Mummy but as a young boy growing up in Burbank, Los Angeles, who felt "a little isolated", he instead identified with the title characters.
Here are some random but real hints: Wrong house; he's afraid of the T-1000; no more kicking him around; and oh, the things you find rummaging through the closet.
For those afraid of the blustery winter wind or muggy summer heat, covered pedways to Wintrust Arena and McCormick Place provide shelter from Chicago's brutal winter and sweltering summers.
Fans of Mexican fantasy maestro Guillermo del Toro will notice a number of familiar fairytale motifs in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010, StudioCanal, 15), a remake of the 1973 TV movie that had a profound and lasting effect upon writer-producer Del Toro.
The manager of Vanguard Windsor II has been afraid of the market since 1972.
As we checked in at the door at the premier for "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," last week, we were told that the friend we were meeting was already there, a young man.
I'm a little afraid of the Internet this week.
That involved building a four-story gothic mansion that resembles the creepy house in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," the 2011 horror film that Del Toro produced about a different haunted mansion.
The first book I remember being given is The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, a Christmas present from my Grandma, and even at nineteen I still read that book at least twice a year.
