Sentence examples for fear of saying something from inspiring English sources

Political language today is committee-written, focus-tested, strained, bleached, decontaminated, neutralized, euphemized, and paralyzed by the fear of saying something untoward.

At American, at least, executives are refusing interview requests for fear of saying something that might compromise the investigation into the attacks.

Although Algeria's manager, Vahid Halilhodzic, skipped the press conference for fear of saying something incendiary, the rage spawned by the decision has injected extra tension into Tuesday's second leg in Blida.

I have a line that goes, 'I can shave a cheek and pull a tooth.' I have to get over the fear of saying something like, 'I can chave a sheik and tull a pooth.' " "The other thing you notice right away is that in theater, you have nothing to hide behind," he continued.

It is the fear of saying something wrong.

I've refrained from speaking out on most of these issues in fear of saying something wrong.

I thought of saying something.

Mrs. Bush explained tartly to Queen Elizabeth that she had seated George well away from Her Majesty, "for fear of him saying something".

He simply feared saying something wrong.

The White House was especially private about the planning, for fear of saying or doing something that might offend the Chinese.

The problem may stem from an underlying fear of saying or doing something stupid when speaking Spanish.