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The phrase "an expression of fear" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing feelings, emotions, or reactions that indicate fear in various contexts, such as literature, psychology, or personal experiences.
Example: "Her trembling hands were an expression of fear as she faced the dark alley."
Alternatives: "a manifestation of fear" or "a display of fear."
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"Anger is an expression of fear".
If You Go Away – the English title – is conditional of some future whim from the objet de désir, whereas "do not leave me" – a more accurate translation – is very much an expression of fear of imminent desertion.
Specifically: is it a masterpiece of confrontational cinema, stunningly shot, wonderfully acted; or is it a piece of misogynist nastiness, an expression of fear about female sexuality, with no greater purpose than the Saw or Hostel films?
At a ceremony at a former crossing-point, President Wulff said the wall had been "an expression of fear" of those who created it.
On the whole, of the 54 reader comments making an explicit reference to Nazis Hitler, WW2 or eugenics (6.8%% of full sample) almost all did so as a criticism of Cummings, or an expression of fear.
Also making an appearance was #8964 - a reference to the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 4 June 1989 and also an expression of fear of some users about the situation on the streets of Hong Kong.
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Yaah is an expression of awe or fear of something, but always with tremendous regard and disbelief that something so magical, mystical and powerful could exist, be within our reach.
Presume that Iris's letter is actually an expression of her fear for America's safety as World War II approaches.
I'm surprised, then, that when we meet in the basement offices of his London PR company, an expression of pure fear crosses Whitehall's face at the first mention of the tour.
Given the public's lack of knowledge about the details of the conflict, the poll's findings suggest that the uneasiness is more an expression of general fear of foreign entanglements than of opposition to the specific actions in the Persian Gulf.
He was an undergraduate, at college in Massachusetts, when a psychology lecturer astonished him by interpreting a dream Shedler had related – about driving on bridges over lakes, and trying on hats in a shop – as an expression of the fear of pregnancy.
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an expression of suspicion
an expression of terror
an expression of contempt
an expression of solidarity
an expression of power
an expression of surprise
an expression of outrage
an expression of frustration
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an expression of individuality
an expression of pain
an absence of fear
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