Citations:fearing


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * But, at last, they hearing that some were upon the road, and fearing lest it should be one Great-grace, that dwells in the city of Good-confidence, they betook themselves to their heels, and left this good man to shift for himself.


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * We, however, lay to until the morning, fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice.
 * I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life.
 * Sometimes I sat with my eyes fixed on the ground, fearing to raise them lest they should encounter the object which I so much dreaded to behold.