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Discover LudwigThe phrase "apprehensions grew" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an increase in feelings of anxiety or concern over time.
Example: "As the deadline approached, the team's apprehensions grew about the project's feasibility."
Alternatives: "fears intensified" or "concerns escalated".
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Thereafter the apprehensions grew.
But as the first week dragged on, apprehensions grew about the drop-in center.
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Over the next few weeks Mohammed's apprehension grew as he frequently noticed the same two men when travelling to work, or loitering outside his family home.
Their apprehension grew when Perez told them the department had no guidelines for when and how conditional official reprimands should be used.
"There is an apprehension growing up around access to subsidy," he said.
The mahout stood near the wall he had just pissed on, watching Chenayya talking to the elephant, a sense of apprehension growing within him.
Apprehension grows as people feel the baby has grown into monstrous proportions before they feel ready.
I want to just hang up and pretend that we lost the connection, but I feel his apprehension growing the longer I'm silent.
Meanwhile, his apprehensions only grew.
Both parties need to usefully address the way in which Americans' apprehensions about growing inequality, trade, foreign wars, and immigration have become intertwined.
Apprehension is growing among many scientists that the cause of all this may be a class of chemicals called endocrine disruptors.
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