All 13 Uses of
apprehension
in
Bleak House
- And Mr. Smallweed says it not without evident apprehensions of his dear friend, who still stands over him looming larger than ever.†
Chpt 19-21 (definition 1)
- This troubled Prince a good deal, not because he had the least doubt about it, but because he is so considerate of the feelings of old Mr. Turveydrop; and he had his apprehensions that old Mr. Turveydrop might break his heart, or faint away, or be very much overcome in some affecting manner or other if he made such an announcement.†
Chpt 22-24 (definition 1)
- "Shall I tell her?" said I. "Would you be so good?" he returned with a glance of something like apprehension at Miss Flite.
Chpt 22-24 (definition 1)apprehension = worry or concern about what will happen
- Nor in his apprehension, on the surface of things, without some reason, for Phil, who has never beheld the apparition in the black-velvet cap before, has stopped short with a gun in his hand with much of the air of a dead shot intent on picking Mr. Smallweed off as an ugly old bird of the crow species.†
Chpt 25-27 (definition 1)
- I never saw such faltering, such confusion, such amazement and apprehension.†
Chpt 37-39 (definition 1)
- My apprehension is, Mr. C.'s circumstances being such, lest it should end in his obtaining leave to part with his commission, which at all events is desirable to be made known to his connexions."†
Chpt 43-45 (definition 1)
- The stationer's heart begins to thump heavily, for his old apprehensions have never abated.
Chpt 46-48 (definition 1) *apprehensions = worries
- When he told us that a large reward was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer's apprehension...
Chpt 52-54 (definition 2) *apprehension = capture
- Now, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, don't you be nervous on account of the apprehension at present coming off.†
Chpt 52-54 (definition 1)
- However, what with the exertion of my humble abilities, and what with the help of a mutual friend by the name of Mr. Tony Weevle (who is of a high aristocratic turn and has your ladyship's portrait always hanging up in his room), I have now reasons for an apprehension as to which I come to put your ladyship upon your guard.†
Chpt 55-57 (definition 1)
- This corroborated the apprehensions I had formed, when he began to look at direction-posts, and to leave the carriage at cross roads for a quarter of an hour at a time while he explored them.†
Chpt 55-57 (definition 1)
- I did it all so quietly because I was not quite free from my old apprehension that Ada would be rather sorry and because my guardian was so quiet himself.†
Chpt 64-65 (definition 1)
- There was such a shock of apprehension in his face, and he knew Richard so perfectly, and I too had seen so much of his gradual decay, that what my dear girl had said to me in the fullness of her foreboding love sounded like a knell in my ears.†
Chpt 64-65 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (apprehension as in: apprehension about finals) worry about what is to come
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(2) (apprehension as in: apprehension of the criminal) the capture of a criminal