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How to use the word Afraid in a Sentence? Page #16

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You will never know who's taking their lead from you, who's watching you and deciding that they can be a little braver, because you have been brave, when I was trying to figure out who I was, I was afraid that who I was might mean that I could never make a difference. And what wound up happening instead, is that it's a huge part of the difference I get to make.

Pete Buttigieg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

After 9/11, people were not afraid to come back to eat, there was this American spirit that we're going to be fearless, we're going to rebuild. This time around, there's this fear factor that is being blown out of proportion.

Wellington Chen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You have a whole host of people who are feeling like theyre afraid, this is red flag time. Weve got to call all hands on deck and pull the city together.

The Rev. Alvin Hathaway

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Selena Not Afraid was the first case where, a missing and murdered indigenous women coordinator was deployed and the first case where we deployed the The FBI rapid deployment team, it was the first case where the attorney general's initiative and some of the resources he brought to bear were deployed.

Kurt Alme

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We believe that everyone should be empowered to unlock their true potential in being a Builder, irrespective of what they know, what they have and what they are afraid of. In everything we do, we believe in pushing the boundaries of conventional thinking; to look at every problem differently and from the ground up.”

Engineer.AI

added by engineer.ai
4 years ago

Every day that President Donald Trump in November is President Donald Trump in November, I'm afraid President Donald Trump in November's going to start another world war.

Latrina Reid

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's certainly a concern for financial firms...since it increases the cost of trading, i see it as a not-so-subtle attempt to show that Bloomberg the candidate is not afraid to hurt the clients of Bloomberg the business in order to appeal to Democratic voters.

Nicholas Colas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The spread of the virus is wider than the government said, during the (Fukushima) disaster, the government said there was no meltdown. So they hid the truth at the time, and I'm afraid the same situation is happening with the coronavirus.

Shinichi Niwa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We don't want our clients to forget us. And if we are not doing anything, some might be afraid that we were already gone. We are trying to do something to comfort everyone.

Pilates Proworks ' owner

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you have anything that is credible, if you're afraid, don't worry about. Imagine my son, how afraid he is. Imagine how afraid Al Stauch is.

Landen Hiott

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Donald Trump Hunter Biden was so afraid of running against Hunter Biden that Donald Trump became the only president in American history who tried to force a foreign country to lie on behalf of Donald Trump struggling re-election campaign.

Andrew Bates

Found on CNN
4 years ago

One thing we can do, is deliver a quality public plan where the premiums never go about 8.5 percent of your income, we also need to make sure that were prepared to fund the subsidies that make health care affordable. ... And that means we cant be afraid to talk aboutrevenue.

Pete Buttigieg

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It was threatening, and I was afraid.

Annabella Sciorra

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If there needs to be hard decisions made, I don't think he is going to be afraid to make them.

Martin Lawrence

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

These extremists are afraid their guns will be taken away - we're afraid our children will be taken away, while the rally has grown in size and grown more extreme, what we will see Monday is a vocal minority.

Shannon Watts

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

People are no longer afraid of him.The spirit and the time are with him. (Il ne fait plus peur. L'esprit et le temps sont avec lui.)”

Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
4 years ago

That's who we have to think about is our military and our military families. Think about what they're going through they don't know where their loved ones are -- if they are safe, our son [ Beau ] was in Iraq for a year. And I know what that felt like, and I know that every night I went to bed praying he was going to be okay. And I heard it in her voice and I saw it in her eyes. And she's afraid.

Jill Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then I'm afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days.

Marianne Williamson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our kids were so anxious. They didn't go to sleep because they were afraid that if they sleep ... they're going to take us to the jail and they'll wake up not seeing us.

Negah Hekmati

Found on CNN
4 years ago

He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich.

Famous Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

We've been expecting that every day. But I'll tell you one thing, this crowd here is not afraid of the government. They are ready to give their lives for this movement. We won't leave here until the government takes back the law.

Resident Maqsood Alam

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When they arrive here, they're a bit afraid. They don't know what to expect.

Sandra Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

She just knows what she's saying, she's not afraid to show it, she says it in a calm manner. And she's polite about things.

Susie Boyde

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Until we hear from the witnesses, until we get the documents, the American people will correctly assume that those blocking their testimony were aiding and abetting a cover up, plain and simple, president President Donald Trump, release the emails, let the witnesses testify, what are you afraid of ?

Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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