The phrase "lasting fear" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fear that persists over time, often indicating a deep-seated or enduring anxiety.
Example: "The traumatic experience left her with a lasting fear of heights that she struggled to overcome."
Alternatives: "enduring fear" or "persistent fear."
After the awful violence & bloodshed, the winning tactic of the terrorist is to instil lasting fear".
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Jonas's job caused vicious fights with his Quaker wife, lasting fears of worldwide annihilation for his daughter and memorable quarrels with the family's favorite Sunday dinner guest, Albert Einstein.
He was a double European refugee — displaced first by the Russian Revolution and later by the rise of Fascism in his family's adopted home, Italy; his unstable childhood left him with lasting fears and insecurities, and a view of the world as innately threatening and precarious.
Fear that we won't last, fear of failure, fear of death, fear that the world is crumbling so fast around us that our lives will be swept away before we had a chance to make them mean something.
That last fear proved unfounded.
"The last fear years have been the best that Barack Obama can do, but that's not the best America can do," Mr. Romney said.
