Sentence examples for trepidation fear from inspiring English sources

Neil Short, a former primary head who now chairs the National Association for Small Schools, says: "There is a lot of trepidation, fear of being taken over by people who would have no concept of the ethos of a small school, and a lot of fear that the budgetary issues – and the extra funding requirements of small schools – will be the deciding factor," he says.

Within a minute of being in their proximity, I realized that any trepidation, fear or anxiety was completely misplaced.

Many analysts view the prospect of treason charges with trepidation, fearing that they could prompt a more aggressive military role.

Smith, the M.L.B. executive, said Jeter approached the marketing with some trepidation, fearing that it might seem all too much.

Travers sent the book to press with some trepidation, fearing that a children's book might undermine her hard-won literary cachet.

In a 2010 essay, Berman wrote of visiting the Bronx again, with trepidation, fearing that the borough's notorious self-immolation would have left nothing of the world he remembered.

But politicians bickering about booze (the same politicians who, it should probably be noted, are capable of this) has not come anywhere close to overshadowing a tournament that Ukraine went into with some trepidation, fearing that their dysfunctional preparation could lead the team to unravel on the biggest stage.

He expected them to symbolise the first rush of anticipation at long hoped-for freedom; instead he found artists toasting Brezhnev with black humour, approaching the end of censorship with trepidation, fearing – correctly as it turned out – that freedoms would make their work and their struggle quickly irrelevant.

So, in light of Big Marijuana and the new idea that weed is really a lifestyle accoutrement for the rich and trendy, I walked into last night's launch party for Sigur Rós' new cannabis-infused gumdrops with trepidation, fearing an ambush from the other end of the cannabis cultural appropriation spectrum.

Perhaps the trepidation and fear over Trump taking over as President will turn out to have been overdone.

On Sunday evening Obree admitted to "trepidation and fear" on the eve of his announcement in a Scottish tabloid.