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The phrase "are apprehensive of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a feeling of anxiety or fear about a particular situation or outcome.
Example: "Many students are apprehensive of the upcoming exams, fearing they may not perform well."
Alternatives: "are fearful of" or "are concerned about".
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But experts are apprehensive of how the Government may react.
The rice famine caused by the floods throughout China has extended to Shanghai, and the officials are apprehensive of serious risings in the vicinity.
Those of us who are apprehensive of revealing our legs after their winter hibernation appreciate a little help to take the edge off.
FK Whatever their status and location, all people are apprehensive of change, especially if that change is from an external agent.
Accordingly, we are apprehensive of a "first-to-file" system where the first shareholder (rather than the largest shareholder or group of shareholders) has priority access to the proxy statement.
At a time when our young people are apprehensive of their future, both in terms of not having a voice and job prospects, the development of our Youth Board felt particularly rewarding.
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I'd always been apprehensive of the Tasman Sea and what we were going to face.
As both patients are now entitled to confidentiality, I am apprehensive of conflicts of interest.
I could finally say that I was Algerian without being apprehensive of how people would respond.
He added, "Elected officials were afraid of them and communities were apprehensive of them".
He was apprehensive of no such consequences however in Maryland, whether the Legislature or the people should be appealed to.
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