Sentence examples for invoking a fear from inspiring English sources

Houdini also became famous by taking himself handcuffed and dipping into water, invoking a fear of drowning — he had studied old waterboarding-like contraptions used to torture people in the middle ages, and knew the audience would be captivated by the sight.

Both stories invoke a fear of solipsism that goes back to the Sophists; but, because they were written before television became ubiquitous, the scenarios were vague or outlandish.

Because of defense laws like 'stand your ground', anyone can invoke a fear for his/her life no matter how egregious their own behavior is.

I fear by invoking a false Aids history, she was appealing to those who want a simpler time before gays got uppity.

Vardi invokes a combination of fear, respect and sucking up among Web entrepreneurs in Israel, so when he demands people be nice, they actually listen.

I reached out to some nutrition experts to help debunk the myth that carbohydrates should invoke a sense of fear.

"It was a place that really did invoke a lot of fear -- night riders and Klu Klux Klan and all of those images," Rice says.

Articulated expectations introduce the possibility of being disappointed, and might invoke a more archaic fear of "jinxing needs oneself by boasting or being too positive".

Politicians with obsolete ideas, of whom there are many in the country, even invoked an old Indian fear that is not widely perceived anymore — the ghost of the East India Company, the British firm that came to trade with India and ended up ruling it.

Instead, Mr McCain repeatedly used the word "fight" to invoke a struggle against hopelessness and fear, and to remind listeners of his war-hero days.

Transition point The point at which the severity of the pandemic provokes sufficient fear to invoke a sudden increase in prophylactic absenteeism within the population.