afraid for
idiom
: feeling fear or worry about (something or someone)
I'm afraid for the children.
They were afraid for their lives.
He's afraid for his job.
Examples of afraid for in a Sentence
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Har says the guards did not harass anyone physically, but the captives were most afraid for the 17-year-old girl.
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
The next day, at 4:20 a.m., the ship’s chief engineer, Fred Gilbert, sounded the alarm that the ship was sinking, and the crew, afraid for their lives, abandoned the ship, getting off — and to safety aboard the Collingwood.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
Magwood is afraid for the next generation of shrimpers.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
One Jewish mother, afraid for her infant son, bravely floated him down the Nile River in a basket.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
Advertisement Defense attorneys and prosecutors gave jurors conflicting portraits of Simpkins, now 19, during last week’s trial — one of a kind-hearted boy who was afraid for his life, and another of a violent teen who sold marijuana, fired weapons recklessly and intended to kill someone.
—Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
Advertisement Now with the tumor growing larger, Hightower and his family are afraid for his life.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023
Jamal himself was afraid for his life, says his sister, Bulbul.
—Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
Jamal himself was afraid for his life, says his sister, Bulbul.
—Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
Daniel Estrin, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
The next day, at 4:20 a.m., the ship’s chief engineer, Fred Gilbert, sounded the alarm that the ship was sinking, and the crew, afraid for their lives, abandoned the ship, getting off — and to safety aboard the Collingwood.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2024
Magwood is afraid for the next generation of shrimpers.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
One Jewish mother, afraid for her infant son, bravely floated him down the Nile River in a basket.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
Advertisement Defense attorneys and prosecutors gave jurors conflicting portraits of Simpkins, now 19, during last week’s trial — one of a kind-hearted boy who was afraid for his life, and another of a violent teen who sold marijuana, fired weapons recklessly and intended to kill someone.
—Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
Advertisement Now with the tumor growing larger, Hightower and his family are afraid for his life.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023
Jamal himself was afraid for his life, says his sister, Bulbul.
—Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
Jamal himself was afraid for his life, says his sister, Bulbul.
—Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
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“Afraid for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afraid%20for. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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