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 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
• Blige’s apprehension toward success is now a thing of the past.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Was there any apprehension from above or within about her tonal shift?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
• By the end of June, migrant apprehensions had begun to creep up along some parts of the border, but were still considerably lower than in the spring.
  — Simon Romero, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
• Berlin went on to commend the police department on its quick apprehension of the suspect.
  — George Wiebe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Every now and then a diver would step back from the edge just before they were supposed to jump, disturbed by a gust of wind or a moment of apprehension.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 16 Feb. 2023
• Her hindering apprehension charge is a third-degree felony that can carry two to 10 years in prison.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Mention turkey burgers are for dinner and most likely you’ll be met with a look of apprehension.
  — Alexis Deboschnek, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2023
• Thank them for their confidence in you to continue their dream, and be forthright about your apprehensions.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• At one point, Isabel head-butts another girl so hard that they’re both knocked to the ground, and Josie watches, mouth agape, a mix of fear, lust, and apprehension flitting across her features.
  — Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
• That should help alleviate apprehension, but the market has plenty of room to grow.
  — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2023
• At the time of the documentary's release in 2022, Gomez shared her feelings of apprehension with Kelly Clarkson.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• She is accused of hindering his apprehension in the mass shooting.
  — Jake Bleiberg, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
• Other major powers in the region shared the apprehension.
  — Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
• In a statement, Hall’s family thanked the police department for the apprehension of the suspect and asked for other suspects to step forward.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
• Indeed, homicides in America surged in 2020 — a year in which Trump was still president and apprehensions at the southern border were way down.
  — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• There’s also some apprehension that both Milan sides could get embarrassed by either Madrid or City on the grandest stage.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• So far this fiscal year, total Miami-area apprehensions have topped 5,000 for the first time since the Bush administration, with more than half the fiscal year to go.
  — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2023
• Since customers are human, their monetary goals deal a lot with apprehensions, hope for the future, and ambitions.
  — Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
• But as migrant apprehensions increased this week, CBP was forced to release some migrants before local aid groups were ready to assist.
  — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• But that apprehension was totally gone when Kauffman last spoke to Perry.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
• But, in spite of their communal apprehension, none of the competitors project it onto one another.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
• That doesn’t mean there’s wasn’t some apprehension initially.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2023
• President Biden plans to visit the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, this week, though apprehensions in the sector are some of the lowest across the border, according to recent data.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2024
• After Gretchen’s abduction and murder, Ms. Sullivan said there was a sense of fear and apprehension in Broomall.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 24 July 2023
• But as interest and funding in the technology has grown, so has apprehension.
  — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024