Sentence examples for if fearful from inspiring English sources

"Our fatherland has many enemies," she said, whispering still, as if fearful of being overheard.

When they take balances they tend to gravitate backwards, as if fearful of commitment to the position.

South Carolina would turn into "the Wild, Wild West" if fearful people can go around shooting just about anyone, she added.

But he stalls when asked about Pinter, as if fearful of making a compromising gaffe: "I don't like people who wear their style on their sleeves," he says.

Then, as if fearful that they'd overstepped some boundary, they peered down the length of the seminar table at me, as if to see how I'd react.

She credits therapy, and says tentatively, as if fearful of jinxing herself, that her relationship with food is now as close to normal as most women's.

If you're fearful, if you think somebody is going to criticize you or stereotype you, you're going to learn less.

But Knazan decided that if she was fearful, her fear was not reasonable.

Also, "a resolute woman", insistent upon having her way – even if initially fearful of the process of writing.

Ms. Blanchett wanders through it, dazed with grief and in a state of quiet apprehension as if perpetually fearful of what her second sight might reveal.

Eisenhower had come to disclose "a new conception": that "if the fearful trend of atomic military buildup can be reversed, this greatest of destructive forces can be developed into a great boon".