Sentence examples for measured trepidation from inspiring English sources

Jasper's interaction with the media can be described as measured trepidation at best.

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.

After the intense self-appraisal and high expectations this occasion precipitated, I approached my 25th reunion with some trepidation: How would I — and it — measure up?

But, this week, as he and thousands of other rebels began to make the final journey of their 52-year war, the hardened guerrilla fighter was filled with equal measures of expectation and trepidation.

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.

But this is a delicate time, full of hope and trepidation in equal measure.

There was excitement and trepidation in near equal measure when Lille appointed Marcelo Bielsa to oversee an overhaul of their squad in the summer of 2017.