Sentence examples for apprehensive on from inspiring English sources
The phrase "apprehensive on" does not make sense in written English
The word "apprehensive" means feeling anxious or fearful about something, so using "on" after it does not add anything to the meaning. Instead, you could use "apprehensive about" or "apprehensive of" to accurately convey the idea of feeling worried or uneasy. For example: I am apprehensive about starting my new job next week. She is apprehensive of flying, so she always takes a train instead. Using "apprehensive on" would not be grammatically correct in these sentences.
During the "crucial, unsettling summer months of 1914," Dr. Richard E. Rodda writes in the program notes, the composer was "apprehensive on one hand over the war that threatened to erupt in Europe, hopeful on the other as rumors of advancing Russian armies flashed through the Czech lands," bringing promise of an end to Hapsburg hegemony.
Krone knew she had become apprehensive on the racetrack, a result of her many accidents.
Citizens are similarly apprehensive: on Wednesday, Ipsos Mori's confidence index gave the gloomiest reading in three years.
Mr. Norbu remains apprehensive on his trip, saying that he still may encounter "the negative sides in American life".
Symons was right to be apprehensive: on Wednesday, word came that Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's attorney general, will be named the head of the E.P.A.
No one is more aware of that sober reality than J. D., who is so apprehensive on his first day that he avoids any procedures that would require him to touch patients.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Harris opened up on why she was apprehensive to take on the role of the main character's mother, Paula.
We were apprehensive to take on such a big amount [of debt], but having just had our first child it was impossible to rent.
The platform whiplash could make developers apprehensive to build on Facebook in the future.
Was she apprehensive about taking on such an intimate and extensive engagement with a classic?
Most of all, I'm not as apprehensive about taking on some new recipes that require more than three ingredients (as embarrassing as that is to admit).
