Sentence examples for off the fear from inspiring English sources

They say they have shrugged off the fear that previously kept them muzzled.

They could not shake off the fear the militants would return for them.

Others were keeping watch as well, holding one another to ward off the fear.

Some residents shrugged off the fear; others said they realized that the gate would not protect them.

Slowly the pair allowed themselves to shake off the fear that had coloured their lives in Dhaka.

He was 20 years old, young enough to think he could laugh off the fear of what lay ahead.

I will begin to play now in order to take my mind off of the fear associated with being a tiny person.

He has every right to be; how many directors have seen off the feared "Harvey Scissorhands"?

A lot of lawmakers have concluded that the best way to keep their jobs is to pander to the nation's new populist mood and play off the fears of the very Americans whose economic well-being Congress is threatening.

The most unforgettable mother in the story, however, is Elsa Marie Mork, a bitter old woman who fanatically cleans house as a way of staving off the fears she harbors about her mentally retarded adult son, Emil.

For decades, the GOP has preyed off the fears of white voters who are in economic distress.