How to Use trepidation in a Sentence

trepidation

noun

• He had some trepidation about agreeing to their proposal.
• Come the first snow, a chill of trepidation falls over the pair.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• But for some, there’s still at least a dash of trepidation about the new regime.
  — Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 26 June 2018
• Still, some had a sense of trepidation as the larger case moves on.
  — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• Was there any trepidation on your part that maybe the skeptics would be proven right?
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• There was some trepidation, of course, but my dad knew there was no other choice.
  — ELLE, 1 Mar. 2022
• If there is trepidation, and of course there is, people don't want to think about it.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 11 June 2018
• But that wasn’t the moment that kicked off my child’s trepidation.
  — Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• He was thrilled to work with Matlin but admits to some trepidation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022
• There’s trepidation—and even a bit of revulsion—to meat grown in a lab.
  — Jenny Splitter / Photography Kelsey McClellan, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2019
• The lead-up to the earnings call did feature some amount of trepidation.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
• Did the scope of this give you any trepidation as a producer?
  — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
• Empty nesting is a phrase that seems to be laden with heartache and trepidation.
  — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
• Four percent said their trepidation stemmed from the fact there wasn’t yet a vaccine.
  — oregonlive, 22 Dec. 2020
• But the young people still have a little bit of trepidation.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 May 2026
• And while her coach might have had some trepidation about trusting a freshman at first, that is gone now.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
• That trepidation might be part of the issue for some authors.
  — Elisabeth Egan, Glamour, 23 May 2018
• For some, though, the holidays are filled with a healthy dose of trepidation.
  — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• There was already more trepidation in the market this past week.
  — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
• Rand greets them with trepidation, pulling his sword out for fear Moiraine will gentle his friend.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• But even if customers are now allowed to go out freely, there is still a great deal of trepidation about what lies ahead.
  — Claire Fu, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• There is reason to look to the next decade with both optimism and trepidation.
  — David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2020
• There's enough jangly guitar to knock the sense out of ya, or at least the trepidation.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2018
• What a strange feeling to go through the same motions, but with even more mistrust and trepidation.
  — Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
• That comfort level would have to start from scratch in the event of a draft, which gives current stars some trepidation.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
• The truce and release of hostages sparked hope and trepidation among Israelis.
  — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• That means shows have to be hits and the run up to Faithless‘ launch was full of trepidation for its creators.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 July 2024
• For all the excitement, though, there is a certain air of trepidation.
  — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• There was no trepidation going in.
  — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
• A lot of the trepidation about using a mandoline has to do with safety.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023