Sentence examples for less afraid that from inspiring English sources

But most Democrats say they are less afraid that a majority of women will suddenly begin voting for Republicans than that many will simply stay home.

He was less afraid that Mr. Shafik might become a Mubarak-like strongman than he was of the Islamists monopolizing power through their victories at the polls.

Industrial production for the bloc rose in December, and surveys have suggested that businesses and consumers were becoming more willing to spend because they were less afraid that the euro zone would break up under the stress of debt and banking crises.

Despite the vote, parents indicated that they were less afraid that their children would be exposed to environmental hazards caused by the fires than of the strain an immediate move would put on the emotional well-being and education of their children, according to parents who attended the meeting, which was closed to news media by the Board of Education.

In a bear market, people are less afraid that buying a new car or a second house will tie up their money and cause them to miss out on the kind of rich stock-market returns that can pay for college and retirement, noted John H. Makin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

And that he was saying his colleagues in the medical field were less afraid that they'd be fired for speaking out on the issue.

I do do a bit of back and forth with the crowd; I've got a personal thing where I'm trying to get people less afraid of that, because a lot of people are scared of going to live comedy, they're afraid of getting picked on.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, however, is less afraid of wearing that hat.

Heterosexual men are much less afraid of doing things that were once highly feminized, and therefore stigmatized.

Becoming less afraid of the conflict that can arise from these differences is one of the bonuses that I have experienced in confronting anger more directly.

These are plants that are totally integrated in traditional ritual systems and that makes people less afraid.