Sentence examples for be afraid of upsetting from inspiring English sources

He realized that he was not a customer, that he had every reason to be afraid of upsetting her.

I think that's really important for a woman in this industry: not to be afraid of upsetting somebody".

When you're that uncertain about the direction of your life, you're more likely to be afraid of upsetting the applecart and potentially losing a very good friend.

They are afraid of upsetting people I think.

We are afraid of upsetting people, and of awkward conversations".

"They put their careers first; they're afraid of upsetting public opinion".

"They're afraid of upsetting the bond market," said Ronald Bevacqua, senior economist at Commerz Securities in Tokyo.

"He was afraid of upsetting the other candidates because they also had reached out to him," recalled Ms. Savino, who won anyway.

Roundly criticized for being afraid of upsetting corporate executives by saying "sell," analysts often respond that sophisticated investors can read between the lines of their reports to determine when they have soured on a company.

Last January, Rushdie, who had visited India since the publication of "The Satanic Verses," had to cancel plans to visit the Jaipur Literary Festival after getting threats from radical Muslim groups and scant support from government officials who were afraid of upsetting Muslim constituents during a regional election campaign.

Before Mermaid, only a select number of Disney's catalog animated films had been released to home video, as the company was afraid of upsetting its profitable practice of theatrically reissuing each film every seven years.