Sentence examples for long-held fear from inspiring English sources
They are hard to resist, of course; anyone who's been there knows the thrill of witnessing the triumph of a longing for freedom over long-held fear.
It was a long-held fear of Wall Street's private equity titans.
That hesitation played on a long-held fear that America might not commit its military might to defending the Senkakus, even if the need should arise.
It was the arrival of a long-held fear: decentralized violence against "soft" targets, as soft as the spectators at a sporting event.
Underlying all the other tensions, the Nepalese continue to nurse a long-held fear that neighboring India may be behind the country's political problems.
They say proposed rules on when veterans could go outside VA are too lenient and would damage the government system — a long-held fear of Democrats who worry that union jobs will be siphoned off and the government system dismantled.
The mass murder realised long-held fears of militants reaching the Mediterranean coast.
The move will stoke long-held fears that Iceland could be facing financial ruin.
But long-held fears about becoming a mere supplier of raw materials to foreigners will prove very hard to shake.
Meanwhile, Big Pharma is shrugging off its long-held fears of China's rampant counterfeiting and cumbersome bureaucracy and setting up its own labs here.
It's a project they hope will make social psychology more accessible while it runs Mr. Lutz through a battery of experiments, teaches him a few lessons about himself and perhaps helps him conquer some long-held fears.
