Sentence examples for for fear of developing from inspiring English sources

When the slugger Jason Giambi played for the Oakland Athletics, he would go weeks without taking batting practice when his swing was good for fear of developing bad habits.

"I never invested much effort into the relationship from the beginning, for fear of developing a strong emotional attachment that couldn't be sustained".

I started speaking up more at work, in situations where I typically would have resigned myself to complete silence, for fear of developing a reputation as -- heaven forbid!

It is thus not surprising that our participants were still apprehensive about self-adjustment of their insulin dose, for fear of developing hypoglycaemia.

An unspecified portion of the award represented "emotional damages" the men had sought as compensation for their fear of developing lung cancer or another asbestos-related cancer.

Iyer and colleagues say global shortages are down to a number of factors including low profits meaning low production levels and that it is expensive and risky to develop new antibiotics, with new products rarely widely used for fear of resistance developing.

And corporate sponsors are loathe to criticize the host country for fear of risking developing markets, especially one as lucrative as China's.

Fear of developing Corvette Envy would be enough reason for us to skip the Mustang and save our money for the Chevy.

He presented testimony about his fear of developing cancer.

Reflecting emotional representation, 33% reported fear of death, 20% fear of paralysis, 13% fear of developing cancer and the rest unspecified incurable illness.

Fear of developing dementia is strong in many older people, with uncertainty about the causes, anxiety regarding loss of self-identity and need for long-term care [ 12].