Sentence examples for preoccupied with fears from inspiring English sources

Ms. Reuter said some of her parishioners were preoccupied with fears that more refugees would be sent to Buch.

BRUSSELS — Preoccupied with fears of increased migration from the south, the European Union told its two newest members, Romania and Bulgaria, on Thursday that they would have to wait to join the bloc's passport-free travel zone.

As Amy becomes preoccupied with fear in case Cain finds out, Halfpenny said it makes Amy do "something dangerous".

I found myself preoccupied with fear for my mother, and worry about what I might do if her pain and suffering were unable to be controlled.

Owing to their own numerical inferiority, the Spartans were always preoccupied with the fear of a helot revolt.

In both cases, there was an over-concerned mother who talked with the interviewer about how she was preoccupied with the fear of having her daughter being sexually assaulted.

Pay heed to people who are unrealistically preoccupied with thoughts and fears of being left alone to take care of themselves.

I was preoccupied with thoughts and fears of losing her, and I was very afraid of witnessing her physical deterioration and her death.

But with a government and the media preoccupied with Brexit, I fear this issue will not have the spotlight it deserves for some time to come.

She becomes preoccupied with her mother's fear that she was under state surveillance because of her satirical cartoons, and with her mother's subsequent relationship with a woman who might have been a lover, or a spy (or, naturally, both).

The UK is normally regarded as having a good record in complying with European court decisions, but it seems that successive justice ministers have been preoccupied with political considerations and fear of adverse headlines, rather than fairness or the rule of law.