The phrase "alert fear" is not a standard expression in written English, but it can be understood in context.
It can be used to describe a state of heightened awareness or anxiety in response to a perceived threat or danger.
Example: "As the storm approached, a sense of alert fear gripped the villagers, making them acutely aware of their surroundings."
Alternatives: "heightened anxiety" or "vigilant dread."
PAGE B4 Nation on High Alert Fearing reprisals, officials tightened security at airports, train stations, sports stadiums and public buildings across the country.
Estimates of the missing range from fewer than ten to more than two dozen; some families may hesitate to report a missing relative for fear of inviting scrutiny from law enforcement.The F.B.I. is on alert, fearing that the Shabab, which has ties to Al Qaeda, could be planning to attack the U.S. using sleeper cells.
At the same time, Israel's security forces remain on high alert, fearing another suicide bombing inside Israel.
Japan put its military on alert, fearing a ballistic missile might be launched from North Korea, Japanese state media said on Monday.
South Korea has remained on high alert, fearing the possibility that their northern counterpart could conduct its fifth nuclear test "at any time" in defiance of stringent UN sanctions which were imposed after Pyongyang set off a hydrogen device in January.
South Korea remained on high alert, fearing the possibility that their northern counterpart could conduct its fifth nuclear test "at any time" in defiance of stringent UN sanctions which were imposed after Pyongyang set off a hydrogen device in January.
French embassies and schools around the world have been put on high alert in fear of a backlash after a magazine published cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammad and Muslims.
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano trembled again today and blocks of ice drifted down rivers in the Armero Valley, prompting the Government to keep a state of "maximum alert" for fear of another disaster.
At 1 35 p.m., John Ashcroft revealed that Al Qaeda "chatter" was back; the color-coded chart was back, ascending to a "high risk" orange alert; the fear of "dispersion of radiological contaminants" was back; the oxymoronic exhortation to be fearful and fearless was back.
