Sentence examples for fearful of retribution from inspiring English sources

They said they were fearful of retribution.

Fearful of retribution, the Willenburgs hoisted an American flag on their front porch and gave up German overnight.

Was he a Nazi true believer, an opportunistic careerist or just a filmmaker too fearful of retribution to say no to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda chief?

Members of Parliament, no longer fearful of retribution in Mr. Murdoch's tabloids, are speaking their minds and giving voice to the anger of their constituents.

"It is my belief that information was withheld by asylum seekers who were fearful of retribution from security staff over any complaints," she said.

And indeed Mr. Baker, while he filled out an incident report for his own files, kept his mouth shut, fearful of retribution.

Yet gender equality still seems to stop at the bedroom door, and even here, women who recounted their experiences declined to be identified, fearful still of retribution.

This was not the troubled streets of the city, nor were the witnesses fearful of gang retribution.

For years white Democrats, fearful of political retribution, shied away from the issue, but today several emerged to argue for a new era.

"To a person, all the families of former detainees told me: 'I wish we'd gone public earlier.'" But his father-in-law was horrified by the idea, fearful of provoking retribution.

Fear of retribution remained pervasive.