Sentence examples for public afraid from inspiring English sources

Wealthy businessmen who once sought his favor are now wary of meeting him in public, afraid to upset Mr. Klaus or the Social Democratic government.

For too many years the idea of building a new nuclear plant was anathema to much of the public, afraid of another Chernobyl.

His own supporters are shaken and the Italian public is afraid.

"They have committed heinous offenses, the public is afraid of them and prosecutors are reluctant to release them.

After the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaders of Sunni Arab states made few public statements, afraid of antagonizing Iran or appearing too close to the unpopular Bush Administration.

"It's pretty clear that the public is afraid of taking advantage of genetic testing," said Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

That, Mr. Caldwell would say, may well be wishful thinking — or yet another example of a public figure afraid to say what he really thinks.

But foundations tend to stay away from public advocacy, afraid that they will be accused of lobbying (but public advocacy is allowed) and not wanting to pay for time-consuming efforts that may take several years to yield results, if ever.

"This is really excellent police work and I would have no doubt that they have caught some very dangerous and predatory pedophiles in this net who meet the stereotype the public are afraid of," said Mary de Young, a professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University in Michigan who has written about the issue extensively.

"Why are public officials afraid to discuss this?" he asks.

They make public servants afraid to reach across the aisle to get work done for America.