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was apprehension
noun
The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
Exact(16)
There was apprehension, uneasiness and unfamiliarity.
There was apprehension as lightning flashed and thunder roared amid the occasional downpour.
At MSNBC, "there was apprehension that my book would cause some kind of explosion and firestorm, which it did not," Mr. Buchanan said by telephone on Saturday.
She receives more than 1,000 letters a day, and last month she noticed that in one out of every four or five, there was apprehension about jobs.
And despite the impressive academic gains students made last year, no one seemed very happy; the feeling in teachers' offices was apprehension mixed with resentment.
But there was apprehension in the air at the weekend after multiple warnings that one or possibly two great white sharks were cruising the waters close to its beaches.
Similar(43)
There is apprehension, nervousness.
"There's apprehension and excitement.
"I know there is apprehension.
Naturally, there's apprehension, too.
Along with the sadness and the puzzlement, there is apprehension.
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