as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety
her friends feared that she was dating a guy who was all wrong for her
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Recent Examples of fearing
With the agents fearing Parias could hit them with his Camry or dislodge it from between their vehicles, one opened fire, prosecutors said.
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Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
How can a kindly, God-fearing, and ascetic novice monk compete against that?
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Royalists fled the country, fearing legal and physical danger.
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Many of my tax-paying constituents are fearful of what might happen at their next immigration check-in, and many small businesses are going out of business because their customers are no longer shopping, fearing federal immigration raids.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
What was behind the push and pull of Demián Bichir’s counselor character, who takes Finney under his wing, and the god-fearing couple, played by Maev Beaty and Graham Abbey, who reject Gwen?
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
In 2014, the now 69-year-old actress spoke about experiencing menopause at a time when so few women publicly did so, often fearing the unfair combination of sexism and ageism that plagues many, especially in TV and film.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2025
Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
But the God-fearing, first-time candidate is hoping to appeal to Florida voters at a time that the Democratic Party is struggling trying to find relevance or a defining identity in the MAGA era.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
How can a kindly, God-fearing, and ascetic novice monk compete against that?
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Royalists fled the country, fearing legal and physical danger.
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Many of my tax-paying constituents are fearful of what might happen at their next immigration check-in, and many small businesses are going out of business because their customers are no longer shopping, fearing federal immigration raids.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
What was behind the push and pull of Demián Bichir’s counselor character, who takes Finney under his wing, and the god-fearing couple, played by Maev Beaty and Graham Abbey, who reject Gwen?
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
In 2014, the now 69-year-old actress spoke about experiencing menopause at a time when so few women publicly did so, often fearing the unfair combination of sexism and ageism that plagues many, especially in TV and film.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2025
Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
But the God-fearing, first-time candidate is hoping to appeal to Florida voters at a time that the Democratic Party is struggling trying to find relevance or a defining identity in the MAGA era.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fearing
worrying
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This allows Ukrainian soldiers to conduct bold exploratory missions deep into the territory now controlled by Russia while not worrying about losing their Starlink signal.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Is there a health issue that's worrying you?—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Fearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fearing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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