Sentence examples for for fear of sounding from inspiring English sources

Not surprisingly, soldiers never talk about this for fear of sounding foolish.

No one talks about materialism any more, for fear of sounding like a Marxist.

When working, she tries not to offer grand gestures of sympathy to bereaved families for fear of sounding insincere.

It was as though nobody quite wanted to deal with the subject matter, for fear of sounding prudish.

I spend most of the sessions constructing sentences in my head and then swallowing them for fear of sounding stupid.

"I didn't want to write too close an imitation of that distinctive music for fear of sounding flat or sharp.

Andy Booth, the company owner, doesn't like telling his story for fear of it sounding "too cheesy".

It's not just the trumpets of the apocalypse that are sounding in the background – the whole film moves forward like a ship in heavy fog merrily sounding its siren for fear of hitting something and doing major damage.

No horns allowed Just how unnerving was it for riders to hear that their directeur sportifs had been banned from sounding their car horns on Sunday for fear of triggering avalanches?

It was also reported this week that the Pentagon stopped the air force from deploying its newest fighter to the Gulf, the F22, for fear of causing "strategic dislocation" with Iran.Amid the drums of war Iran, too, has been sounding a quieter leitmotif of compromise.

Perhaps, for fear of setting a precedent.