Sentence examples for measure of trepidation from inspiring English sources

With no small measure of trepidation -- my last voyage under power had been on a leaky inflatable dinghy with a cranky five-horsepower outboard -- I accepted an offer for a spin with Lilly aboard one of the two Pier 57 Super Vee Lights.

Some measure of trepidation cannot be avoided.

I've been anticipating the new film with a measure of trepidation.

After much cajoling, and still with a full measure of trepidation in her sweet heart, she relented.

Each morning brings the teenager some measure of trepidation, as he fears his classmates will discover his orphaned status if his lunchbox contains no meat.

"I had a certain amount of trepidation," says Gatiss.

The amount of trepidation about where the train was going.

"I had a tremendous amount of trepidation," she said.

It was also a time before the events of this last week: a week when I was able to watch breathlessly -- with equal measures of hope and trepidation -- as a country of 46 million people shook off the chains of corruption and domination that a small group of tyrants had imposed.

I responded with a hint of trepidation.

Going through the drawings, Nola was full of trepidation.