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How to use the word Afraid in a Sentence? Page #21

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He's very passionate about his faith. It's very, very personal to him and it shows, and he's not afraid to talk about that, he's comfortable enough in his faith to be able to talk about it personally and to be able to say at times,' It's a tough decision. I'm going to pray that through.' And that's pretty rare around this place.

James Lankford

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was afraid I was going to have to see that in my nightmares for a while, yeah, a little bit of redemption. Just happy to get the win.

Josh Bailey

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There are a lot of people on the left that are afraid of my ideas. They realize that they couldn't defeat me based on my ideas, because they're popular, and they're right, so that leads to this kind of smear campaign, which is ugly, i have a pretty populist agenda that I'm pursuing, which is more growth, higher wages, more transparency and more sunlight on how the Fed operates.

Stephen Moore

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I understand that parents may be afraid of getting their children vaccinated, i know that getting vaccinated is far safer than getting measles.

Oxiris Barbot

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Oh, give him asylum -- he's afraid, he's afraid ! we don't love the fact that he's got tattoos on his face, that's not a good sign. We don't love the fact that he's carrying the flag of Honduras or Guatemala or El Salvador, only to say he's petrified to be in his country.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

What we want to say is, our behaviors come from the brain, we need to move away from the sense of a character judgment or a flawed individual so that people are afraid to get help for themselves or for their loved ones.

Jeremy Richman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I don't like the way the votes are being tallied, i don't like it, and you don't like it either. You just don't want to say it because you're afraid of the press. You're afraid of the press.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Bran thought about it. “Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?” “That is the only time a man can be brave,” his father told him.

George R.R. Martin

added by Normando
5 years ago

Some attorneys are afraid to do consultations.

Andrew Nietor

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They're afraid of the truth. They're afraid of competence, i'm so proud of the work of Chairman Adam Schiff.

Nancy Pelosi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

You have people coming, you know they're all met by the lawyers... And they come out, and they're met by the lawyers, and they say,' Say the following phrase : I am very afraid for my life. I am afraid for my life.' OK, and then I look at the guy. He looks like he just got out of the ring. He's a heavyweight champion of the world. It's a big fat con job.

President Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land should not be afraid to stand with the strongest supporters of Israel in America. It is wrong to boycott Israel and it is wrong to boycott AIPAC.

Mike Pence

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land should not be afraid to stand with the strongest supporters of Israel in America, it is wrong to boycott Israel and it is wrong to boycott AIPAC.

Mike Pence

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

If you're afraid to take on a bully because the bully is going to come after you, maybe you're not supposed to be president of the United States.

Eric Seyfried

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think the regime is thinking about it very carefully. I don't think they would dare, they've always been afraid of people who believe in freedom.

Fabiana Rosales

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The community is literally right next door to the plant, it's natural and normal to be afraid.

Les Becker

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

She is afraid for her safety, for her life, this has gone beyond the legal (arena). She does not rule out that someone could want to harm her.

Rotman Perez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

They're afraid you're going to take their land or do something funny, and we explain that we just want to look for poop and find out where animals are moving. And they're like,' Oh, cool, can I come ?'.

Karen DeMatteo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Step up and don’t be afraid

Nikol Pashinyan

added by anonymous
5 years ago

What do I wish to receive? A ticket home, i understand people are afraid ... They are judging us but they don't know us.

Bouchra Abouallal

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm afraid of Cuba, I hope it's one (child) ... he was there a long time, he was single and behaved badly.

Lawyer Matias Morla

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm afraid this is perpetuating the myth that the end of AIDS and a cure is imminent, i've had so many 'milestones' in my years with HIV that I could build a highway to nowhere.

Tez Anderson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

You don't want to get attention, people are afraid that if you get attention, then ICE will get closer to a family member or friends of the family that are here illegal.

Jose Ibarra

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Yes, in truth, were afraid theyll do something. Their mindset is Daesh. I mean its been five years theyve been training with them.

Hosni Murad

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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