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The phrase "always afraid of being" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a continuous state of fear or anxiety about a particular situation or outcome.
Example: "She was always afraid of being judged by her peers, which held her back from expressing her true self."
Alternatives: "constantly fearful of" or "perpetually anxious about".
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Lindsley was always afraid of being sent back.
The people on the bottom were always afraid of being sacked.
(Griffith, unlike Clay, is a worrier. "He is always afraid of being devalued," Clancy says).
"I said one thing — that the only reason I wanted money was that I was always afraid of being a charity case and of being a ward someplace.
"If you are young, you are always afraid of being forced into the army," said Al Shabai, travelling with his mother, aunt and two best friends who had also fled for fear of being conscripted.
"You know, Marilyn was always afraid of being a joke," he says.
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As usual, she said, it was the writing that got her attention, although "agents are always afraid of things being done on this scale, and this is about as pared down as you can be and still be working with the unions".
I've gotten over my fear of boring my mother, but I'm always afraid of boring everyone else.
I was always afraid of violence when I was growing up.
"You're always afraid of everything, there's no future for us".
Consequently, the feminine in all of us is always afraid to be too much, to feel too much.
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