How to Use fearful in a Sentence

fearful

adjective

• He plays the role of a timid and fearful clerk.
• They won the war but at a fearful cost.
• The upside cannot be seen with fearful emotions clouding the view.
  — Mike Gould, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Kidik called it a rushed process that left her fearful for her safety and the safety of her daughters.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2023
• Once fearful of running into trouble with the law, Pelagea is now the first to take up the workers’ flag.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• Sawant said being fearful of lawsuits is not the way to effect progress or change.
  — Deepa Bharath, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
• But investors are fearful that there are more dominoes to fall.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 May 2023
• While Mayim wasn't afraid to open up about her colonoscopy, many do see the procedure as one to be fearful about.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2023
• With everyone fearful of the virus and the future, momentum slowed to a crawl.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• Many of these women were unemployed at the time and felt helpless and fearful.
  — Bonnie Marcus, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• No one wants their child, like the student from Plymouth, to feel fearful going in and learning.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2023
• But the thing Orion is most fearful of is the dark, something not uncommon among kids.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
• According to The Sun, the man also smashed the bottle against the overhead bin as glass and blood dripped down onto fearful fliers.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Many who spoke to The Times did not want to go on the record or provide their full names, fearful of being targeted for their faith.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Before that show, I was taught to almost be fearful of actor notes.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
• Each fearful face comes round, what terror’s taught is soundless.
  — Carol Muske-Dukes, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• The stabbings sent a chill through Davis, as fearful residents hunkered down.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
• Her father, a colonel in the Afghan army with ties to American forces was fearful for his life after the Taliban came searching for him.
  — Mary Ann Koruth, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• The expectation is that the strikes will prompt Iran to back off, fearful of risking a shooting war with a far larger power.
  — Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• And, to make things even spicier, there’s a chance that the plot to kill the senator might be the work of rogue agents fearful that his victory will lead to the unit being dismantled.
  — Barry Garron, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2023
• Parents of children exposed to mass shootings may be fearful of sending their kids to schools.
  — Omer Awan, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Brown isn’t fearful about the unknown due to immense confidence in her and her abilities.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 29 Jan. 2024
• The study still could be a step in rehabilitating the fearful public image of snakes.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
• But Trump is acutely fascinated by it and fearful of it.
  — CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• But hopes for a bright future are dashed when the creature sets fire to their cottage as retribution for their fearful response to him.
  — Cady Lang, TIME, 13 Dec. 2023
• Would-be buyers are putting their home searches on hold, and would-be sellers are keeping their homes off the market, fearful of trading in a low rate for a high one on a new house.
  — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• One held that Shostakovich, fearful of Stalin, dutifully composed a work to appeal to the masses.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Statistics may not matter much to voters who are already fearful of crime, Van Riper said.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The timing of these epidemics will be unpredictable…Our goal is simply to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy when others are fearful.
  — Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• And so a lot of people are fearful that that will happen, and, as a result, many, many people have left and gone either north toward Deir al-Balah or have gone by the coast.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024