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were apprehensive
adjective
Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
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Still, shareholders were apprehensive.
The players were apprehensive.
But other residents were apprehensive.
They were apprehensive and nervous.
"The sellers were apprehensive," he said.
"We were apprehensive about more bodies being found.
During the drive, Girling and Valentine were apprehensive.
The deans themselves were apprehensive about some of the hearing's procedures.
We were apprehensive about the school; it seemed to be full of rich white kids.
But going into the weekend, residents were apprehensive with aftershocks preventing them from feeling completely steady.
Many residents, she said, were apprehensive about it because they continued to worry about its safety.
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