How to Use apprehension in a Sentence

apprehension

noun

• The thought of moving to a new city fills me with apprehension.
• On the streets of Kyiv, the change fueled some apprehension.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
• The apprehension might be coming from this idea of the police as just that, an idea.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 10 June 2020
• The news that few besides the women and children were saved has caused the greatest apprehension to the fate of these.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• Yet the apprehension to count USC and its coach among the nation’s best persists.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• But with the unveiling of the piece in 1972 came heavy apprehension.
  — Katherine Ormerod, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2019
• The Irish Petes went back to Scully with a bit of apprehension.
  — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2021
• Blige’s apprehension toward success is now a thing of the past.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2023
• That sense of apprehension has been echoed by Muslims across the state ahead of March 10, when results of the vote will be announced.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
• At least one of the spheres spent the night in jail after its apprehension by local police.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
• But the main source of apprehension is simply the nature of Palantir’s work.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
• The swims take him through the seasons and, finally, to a Scrooge-like apprehension of his shallow life.
  — Leanne Shapton, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
• Despite the apprehension, the deal was approved in March 2021.
  — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• Zenon-Reyes fled the state to avoid apprehension, according to the release.
  — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
• Police said Thomas was in possession of a firearm and shell casings at the time of his apprehension.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2023
• The psychics, too, betray their own apprehension as things come to them.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• The skepticism has spread to the world of the creator economy, where AI has been met with apprehension.
  — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
• Border apprehensions dropped 42% in June, the first full month that Biden’s new measures were in effect.
  — Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
• There was a moment's apprehension and the car went maybe four inches off line, but neither end stepped out.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 12 May 2020
• The information would lead to the safe recovery of the child and/or apprehension of the suspect.
  — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
• Taking a large or small risk comes with a degree of apprehension.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
• Over the past half a year, apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border have plummeted.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2020
• Was there any apprehension from above or within about her tonal shift?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
• For the first demonstration, Smoke placed an arm guard on Kerin for a standard apprehension.
  — Jamie Landers, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2020
• Freud could find no way to dispute his friend’s apprehension.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2022
• But the guidelines exclude cases where a crime is over 10 years old and not the reason for a recent apprehension.
  — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• But being revered and granted access to great food in a time of shortages did not quench their apprehension.
  — Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
• These are the experiences and places that may cause apprehension as the world reopens, and the tips experts have for handling them.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 13 Mar. 2021
• Hawley's scripts and deft direction create a near-constant tension and apprehension in each episode, jam-packed with action and violence.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
• Despite that apprehension, No Hard Feelings is still a carefree project, filled with humor and levity while touching on the deep universality of love, heartbreak, and new beginnings.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025