(p. a.) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Example Sentences:
(1) Don't be afraid of being pigeonholed - it's great to have a niche.
(2) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
(3) Clarke varies the intensity of sessions but for most of the time it's go hard or go home: I've learned that neither more pain nor being sick are anything to be afraid of.
(4) "Don't be afraid to talk and ask questions, even with your teachers around.
(5) The Federal Penal Service rejected a request from Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova to serve their remaining time in Moscow; given the high profile nature of their case, they are afraid for their safety in the communal environment of a correctional colony.
(6) What I saw Aid workers speak out about mental health: 'I was afraid they would think I couldn't handle it' Read more The first place I visited was Nyamirambo, a neighbourhood in the south-west part of Kigali.
(7) The uniformed man who faced them was young and afraid.
(8) I want to raise awareness about the number of people who now feel afraid on our streets and map areas where people at risk can feel safest,” said the site’s founder, Hanna Thomas.
(9) Co-operatives should not be afraid to champion radical causes, or engage with controversial issues, but this must not involve affronting customers, or turning our backs on good people of different political persuasions.
(10) Through small and large acts of deprivation and destruction we follow the process: the removal of hope, of dignity, of luxury, of necessity, of self; the reduction of a man to a hoarder of grey slabs of bread and the scrapings of a soup bowl (wonderfully told all this, with a novelist's gift for detail and sometimes very nearly comic surprise), to the confinement of a narrow bed – in which there is "not even any room to be afraid" – with a stranger who doesn't speak your language, to the cruel illogicality of hating a fellow victim of oppression more than you hate the oppressor himself – one torment following another, and even the bleak comfort of thinking you might have touched rock bottom denied you as, when the most immediate cause of a particular stress comes to an end, "you are grievously amazed to see that another one lies behind; and in reality a whole series of others".
(11) If you, too, are feeling down about the fight ahead, don’t be afraid to ask your elders for guidance.
(12) Women with later menarche attached less importance to sex, were more afraid of labour pains and thought less of labour preparation courses.
(13) So, if the Fed is afraid that the fiscal cliff may cause a disruption so big that even the Fed's all-encompassing embrace of the markets can't fix it, then it's Chairman Bernanke's word – and not that of Congress – that carries the most weight.
(14) Subjects who stated that they were not afraid of methadone, frequently injected drugs, and rarely used crack were more likely to express intentions to enroll and remain in community methadone treatment.
(15) The drug pipeline is going to be slow, I’m afraid,” the CDC director, Tom Frieden, told NBC’s Meet the Press.
(16) I was afraid of getting lost, but did not lose myself even once.
(17) On our own, we're quietly afraid that nobody remembers us for the right reasons.
(18) I suppose he was afraid he might be there for the rest of his life.
(19) I went inside, and the sound of the rain on the roof and the darkness inside made me very afraid.
(20) "If we are afraid of the religious impact, we need to work from now to help in the revolution, to be able, after, to rebuild."
Unafraid
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) While the sums channelled to Inhofe’s campaign represent only a small proportion of the BP PAC’s election spending and the senator’s own campaign funds, they show how unafraid the committee has been to spread its donations to the most controversial candidates.
(2) But had he visited Gove would have found a richly diverse school – with pupils from 14 different ethnic backgrounds and more than 50% speaking English as a second language – unafraid to tackle FGM as a child protection issue.
(3) Another of her books, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth (Konigsburg was commendably unafraid of long titles for children) was named as an honour book that year, making Konigsburg the first and still only writer to have won the Newbery and been a runner-up in the same year.
(4) Fiorina, standing beside former and serving governors, appeared unfazed by her lack of experience in politics and was clearly unafraid of overselling herself.
(5) He's not afraid to get hurt, way too unafraid quite honestly.
(6) A physical possession receiver unafraid to go over the middle of the field, Allen would provide a neat foil to Johnson on the other side.
(7) Each of these is related to behaviors which are encouraged or accepted more in men than in women in our society--for example, using guns, being adventurous and acting unafraid, working at hazardous jobs and drinking alcohol.
(8) But then you get a lethal dose of drugs, and you can die as best as anyone really can, unafraid and at a relative peace.
(9) Hunt will be unafraid of these challenges, our panel believes.
(10) Watch them pile rewards on the rich and the corporations, unafraid of any electoral threat.
(11) And he was unafraid of the darkest historical echoes.
(12) It was meant to send a message that the Conservatives were unafraid of harsh austerity measures and that Labour had led the nation to the brink of catastrophe.
(13) He described O'Brien as a "very affable, warm and hospitable" man who was always unafraid to speak his mind.
(14) Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight Read more This marks the first time Sanders has taken a lead in any poll.
(15) We in this hall agree with all of this.” Trump, he contended, offered an inspiring an alternative because he was unafraid, wanted to lead and understood the frustrations of his fellow citizens.
(16) "I was … not unafraid exactly, but near to being reckless about my own political safety."
(17) It turns out that places where the fabric of community is strong, with a vibrant middle class, places that are more integrated across class, places with good skills, places with unions, places with religious and civil organisations, help people feel rooted in being part of a community and be able to pull together all of the aspects that play into upward mobility.” While Cruz railed against big government, the queen of Washington’s political class was also unafraid to sing its praises and hint at a more European-style economic intervention.
(18) Though a comprehensive investigation found that the high standard for a federal hate crime prosecution cannot be met under the circumstances here, this young man’s premature death necessitates that we continue the dialogue and be unafraid of confronting the issues and tensions his passing brought to the surface.
(19) A vibrant reform sector, free from financial dependence on government, focused on the evidence base, confident about articulating a vision for change, unafraid of challenging ministers and their advisers, is what is needed to break the logjam.
(20) She may be an attractive woman unafraid to say controversial things but, as a politician with media savvy, she also recognises party and popular support for the armed forces.