Sentence examples for apprehensive mind from inspiring English sources

Arriving in London, Eliza prepares herself for a city close to hell, a place whose very name conveys a whiff of brimstone to her apprehensive mind.

Behrman, the playwright, in a letter to this magazine which was published in the Aug. 3rd issue, seems to protest against a suggestion of mine, made in review of June 29th, that such works of Oscar Wilde's as "The "Birthday of the Infanta" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" may be reflections of Wilde's apprehensive state of mind as a victim of incurable syphilis..."....

One year later, I arrived in New York City in that apprehensive state of mind that might be typical of most green postdocs just starting out.

The other players were apprehensive about Kyrgios's state of mind, but when he arrived in Melbourne, he was fully committed.

Eric was apprehensive about the whole idea.

You had the sense he had seen too much not to be — that is, he knew that apprehensive was the only prudent state of mind.

"Panza was unfailingly genteel," Sherri Geldin, MOCA's deputy director at the time, said, "but he was incredibly shrewd and savvy as well, and I think he was apprehensive about exactly what Eli had in mind".

"I had the go-ahead from the doctors that it was fine but still at the back of my mind I was a little bit apprehensive".

Bryn had a sleepover with the Sayer family and though they'd initially felt apprehensive about adopting a pit bull, the experience completely changed their minds. .

One thing that I was a little apprehensive about was if I was going to have to be minding my Ps and Qs about having the right positions on anything and not saying anything that would be interpreted as incorrect.

Barris said he was previously apprehensive about highlighting the word on the show, but has since changed his mind and feels the premiere episode will be a good entry point to dissecting the term on television. .