Sentence examples for has a dread of being from inspiring English sources

Like most shy people, he has a dread of being boring.

Donohoe has a dread of being perceived as pretentious, which is strange coming from an obviously clever biology graduate (Swinnerton studied philosophy, Hornsmith art) and voracious reader.

I had a dread of its being over.

Dench by all accounts is the consummate team player, and she seems to have something of a dread of being alone.

He has a dread of breaking even.

He believed in ghosts; he had a morbid dread of being poisoned by refrigerator gases; he refused to go out when certain distinguished mathematicians were in town, apparently out of concern that they might try to kill him.

I've had a dread of platform appearances ever since.

As the dauphin of a republican dynasty, Adams lived his long life inside a contradiction, and, however much he wished to shake loose from his peculiar position, he had an equal dread of being dislodged from it.

Both described the same climate of fear that Syvret had: the dread of being squeezed out of a job, of never getting anywhere, of being blacklisted.

We New Englanders have a reputation of being "cold" and I dreaded asking someone to lend me something, further delaying their journey home.

She seems to have that actor's dread of being pinned down, of personal stories or traits being attached to her that might undermine the breadth of roles she can play.