Sentence examples for become afraid to get from inspiring English sources

Years later, I spoke with a friend from Munich, who told me that his father, whose wartime duties involved driving supply trucks in the face of bombing raids, had become afraid to get behind the wheel of a car.

He became afraid to use the mail, lest the F.B.I. get his return address and track him down.

The child becomes afraid to venture into anything new or do anything which might get him in trouble again.

Small firms have become afraid to hire.

Counterparties have become afraid to trade with each other.

The country is in a deflationary cycle that is very difficult to get out of: as wages decrease (or more workers become unemployed), people become afraid to spend.

You are afraid to go get "more".

I became afraid.

I, too, became afraid".

The patient became afraid of the doctor.

He became too afraid to be weird".