The phrase "afraid over" is not correct and not commonly used in written English.
It is typically used incorrectly when someone intends to express fear or concern about a specific situation or subject.
Example: "She was afraid over the possibility of losing her job."
Alternatives: "afraid of" or "worried about".
"She entered at the last minute, didn't engage in the process and I'm afraid over the last 18 days we haven't had any leadership from her".
Even as a 2-year-old, she had the determined wrath and gait of a murderous zombie gnome — and my husband and I grimaced at each other, afraid, over her small and darkly glowering head.
Even people whose finances have survived the downturn in tact will have felt afraid over the past few months, and they will be far less likely to talk about the opportunity they see than those lamenting the pain they feel.
A day and a half into the festival, Woodstock concert organizers were afraid the over capacity crowd would turn ugly.
Don't be afraid to over accessorize!
Don't be afraid to over - pack, but don't under pack.
And Robinson also wasn't afraid of over-reaching.
Only, I'm afraid, by over-stretched analogies and questionable metaphors.
I see an abundance of beauty in older faces – faces of people who have not been afraid to "over-exercise" their facial muscles with a thumping good laugh, or a bloody good cry if the occasion demands it.
Today, Qatar is the leading advocate of military intervention against Assad's regime and is at the forefront of supporting the opposition, whose new coalition was formed in Doha in November, confirming that this increasingly confident tiny country is not yet afraid of over-reaching itself.
It gradually emerged that the people behind it were bone fide technology investors but they have been coy to reveal their identity — perhaps afraid of over-shadowing the event?
