Sentence examples for this apprehensive from inspiring English sources

Within this apprehensive political climate, an alliance of disaffected Democrats, "Conscience" (antislavery) Whigs, and a splintered faction of the Liberty Party formed the Free-Soil Party, which unequivocally pledged opposition to the extension of slavery.

"However, I think sometimes the organisers of controversial screenings like this get apprehensive following legitimate questions around the public health of what they are doing, and try to paint themselves as innocent little people just trying to hold a film festival but forced to cancel because of us wretched, evil skeptics.

Overall, this is due to the apprehensive and clandestine nature of undocumented migrants, making research both complex and challenging.

Some people will want a list of the questions before they agree to do the interview; this is not an open minded or willing participant; this is an apprehensive person, and you may want to consider asking someone else.

Tanhum was ill at ease in this atmosphere and apprehensive about marrying the attractive Mira Fridl.

At first, this made me apprehensive, as it seemed that he might at any time stand up and bolt for the exit.

As a reader and now viewer – and let's just get it out there from the get-go, I'm an evangelistic fan of the book – this is an apprehensive time indeed.

But in autumn 1938 she requested prompt settlement for work on the Fawcett Building – a polite nod in grey brick to Basil Champneys's sunny red Arts and Crafts work at Newnham College Cambridge – since they had outstanding fees "and we are somewhat apprehensive this may be awkward in the event of a war.

This included feeling apprehensive about inviting the patients of other GPs or being barred from displaying recruitment posters "I had a poster in my [office], this did result in some patients volunteering when they read [the] notice (our waiting room is very large and we are prohibited to putting up such posters)".

The organization Road Safe America have been fighting for over 10 years to get this petition passed but are now apprehensive that this new proposal would only impact newer model trucks as oppose to the other trucks that are currently on the road.

Even before I sat down to write this, I felt very apprehensive because I just couldn't imagine someone naming their child this.