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How to use the word Afraid in a Sentence? Page #3

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First, John Fetterman's campaign lied about wanting to debate Dr. Oz based on some secretive 'terms' that they won't share with anyone. Now, John Fetterman says he won't debate Doctor Oz 'in the first week of September.' That's another lie, he won't debate Doctor Oz at all, and we all know it. The WFMZ Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber debate makes TWO debates that Fetterman is ducking. So now we have two lies AND two ducked debates. We thought John Fetterman was a big tough guy, so what is he so afraid of? Is he afraid of defending his radical record of releasing murderers back on the streets? Let us know, John.

Britney Yanick

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There are a lot of people out there who are supportive of Representative Dick Cheney, but they are just afraid to speak up, it's a silent majority.

Joe McGinley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The people that I talk to are afraid. They are frightened of what the administration of justice has become, we've got to send people to Washington to understand how much of a crisis there is and who are willing to take the steps necessary to invoke Congress's full power to bring these administrative agencies in line and to change the way the bureaucracy is built and maintained.

Dan Bishop

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It really depends on what ends up happening with the investigation. Right now Trump can go out and say, ‘I’m the guy Democrats are targeting, they're afraid of me,' but the other side of this is that GOP voters and independents that already have a bad view of him are likely to be pushed further away.

Mike Madrid

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

i want to hold her to me, take away her pain, fear, make her believe someone gives a shit. i want to stroke the nape of her soft downy neck, cover her eyes with my hand, feel her cheeks quiver beneath -- i want to know her, but like one wounded she won’t let them close. she’s afraid to live life at times she feels a feeling similar to one she had as a child but when it appears she pushes the plunger and it disappears.

Scott C. Holstad

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1 year ago

You are the comfort blanket of my eye when I hold you you are no longer afraid to die.

Heather Lydia Thornhill

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1 year ago

You are the cradle to my sky when you hold me I am no longer afraid to fly.

Heather Lydia Thornhill

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1 year ago

I think what The President was saying is that maybe the military was afraid of my plane of getting shot down or something like that. I don't know exactly.

Even Pelosi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think what the President was saying is that maybe the military was afraid of my plane of getting shot down or something like that. I don't know exactly.

Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you are unable to run away or find a hiding place, you need to find a way to act and to fight back, when we were most afraid he was going to kill us, I saw a moment I had been looking for all day long.

Charlie Cytron-Walker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If I have to be controversial to get the truth out, I'm not afraid of that. And that would make me dangerous,'cause I'm not afraid.

Jena Griswold

Found on CNN
1 year ago

First of all, we appeal to you so that the Congress supports Ukraine in the matter of supplying modern air defense systems, we must ensure such a level of sky security that our people are not afraid to live in Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We stand by the decision we made. We’re deeply disappointed at the reaction of the tours to that decision, and I probably can’t say any more than that at this point in time, I’m afraid.

Sally Bolton

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We want to take that, and we want to use it for the benefit of systemic change, we want to be treated like human beings, you know, Black men, young men, they're afraid when it comes to Akron Police -- that shouldn't be.

Robert Dejournett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are many families who are afraid of filing petitions in court because they do not want to attract attention from society or the media, if the law remains unchanged, many could be afraid to stand up for their rights.

Wang Chen-wei -LRB- left -RRB-

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's a lot of young kids doing it and with [no] fear of consequences. There's no accountability, they're not afraid. The police are limited to what they're doing. … Being from the neighborhoods that I grew up in … I still know people around. And what it is, is the police are not really allowed to pull people over like that for infractions, like a broken tail light out or registration or stickers. And now these kids are driving around with weapons like you wouldn't believe.

James Holton

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To the members of Congress who are afraid of the reelection, well, this woman is out there speaking at threat to her life. They should listen to that.

Farah Griffin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Now, with this ruling, teachers and public officials all across America need not be afraid to privately bow their heads in thanksgiving or prayer to Almighty God, a right that has always been included in our basic rights granted under the Constitution. May it always be so.

Phil Ginn

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I was angry, I was afraid and I was confused.

Greenville Police

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We would always be afraid.

Vladimir Shishkin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'd much rather go against Tom Brady every day of the week than to go against Peyton Manning. I believe that's how everybody feels. In the heyday, you'd never have (players thinking), 'I'm so afraid of Tom Brady,’ peyton Manning gives you a total sense, a different level of anxiety. Like, you sleep at night, like, 'Damn.' ... With Tom Brady it was more about Bill Belichick, the entire team, the execution, them having a game plan.

Bart Scott

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The real truth is those people are idiots, there's always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before. But those people die off like dinosaurs. I think the goal is to pay them no mind, march forward and embrace the growth that makes us human.

Chris Evans

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Keep shooting, very simple. Like there's never – I'm not afraid to go 0-for-whatever because I'm going to keep shooting and taking shots that you normally feel like you can make. And I've responded well when I've had games like that from the 3-point line.

Stephen Curry

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I make no apologies for it because I understand the history of this country and I do n’t think we should be afraid to say this. Repeal the Second Amendment, repeal the Second Amendment.

Michael Moore

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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