shudder to think (of)

phrase

: to be very worried/fearful about

I shudder to think (of) what might happen.

Examples of shudder to think (of) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Stars shudder to think about what life without Jake Oettinger might look like. — Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2022

And the possibility of the 2021 NCAA basketball tournament being cancelled is something athletic directors shudder to think about. — Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2020

But its cultural nationalism is both robust and organic, even among many left-liberal Swiss people who would shudder to think of themselves as nationalists of any kind. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020