Sentence examples for outright fear from inspiring English sources

Or, as has also occurred, nerves and outright fear could lead to stagnant sales and flat prices.

But for a lot of voters, the emotional response to the investigation has gone beyond apprehension to outright fear.

Not empathy but embarrassment (coupled, in some cases, with outright fear) was the motive behind the munificence.

Reporting on criminal justice in rural areas can bring with it a sense of foreboding, if not outright fear.

And cash-strapped, debt-ridden working families are viewing the future with high anxiety, if not outright fear.

Elsewhere, this half-blurriness is a strength of Schutz's work, but here it is a symptom of constriction, verging on outright fear — and not only hers.

In the past, Condi Rice has implored the networks not to broadcast the tapes outright, fearing he might be activating sleeper cells in code.

This variant--a qualified terminable interest property trust, or Q-Tip--has traditionally been used when Dad didn't want to give Mom money outright, fearing she'd mismanage it, leave it to a new husband or stiff his first marriage's kids.

But only a few, such as Britain, have banned it outright for fear that tainted feed meant for, say, chickens might somehow make its way into the cattle trough.

In particular, the European bank has remained steadfast in its opposition to buying up sovereign debt outright, for fear of encouraging a return to the kind of deficit spending that got countries like Greece — which continues to rely on bailout money — into trouble in the first place.

As he became more famous and seemingly successful, bookmakers would often refuse to place his bets outright for fear of losing money when he won.