Sample Sentences for
trepidation
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  • Thomas felt one final moment of trepidation, a quick slice of fear through his body, and then it vanished.  (source)
    trepidation = nervousness
  • With trepidation, he had resolved to go to Sugamo to stand before these men.  (source)
    trepidation = fear or anxiety about what will happen
  • PARRIS, with trepidation—and resentment: I hope you do not mean we go to Satan here!  (source)
    trepidation = nervousness
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  • After seven months, Wes met his graduation from Job Corps with as much trepidation as excitement.  (source)
    trepidation = nervousness
  • "Hello, Reverend," I said, swallowing my trepidation.  (source)
    trepidation = fear
  • a world whose inhabitants walked in trepidation, in fear of opening up.  (source)
    trepidation = nervousness
  • we walked home in trepidation, certain that Assef and his friends would ambush us every time we turned a corner.  (source)
  • I could never go out to breathe God's free air without trepidation at my heart.  (source)
    trepidation = fear or anxiety about what might happen
  • 'I shall ask him what he wants first,' I said, in considerable trepidation.  (source)
    trepidation = nervousness
  • He accosted me with trepidation and passed on.  (source)
  • To hear the Agent speak with such trepidation had a powerful effect upon Max.  (source)
  • ...and he wondered, with a feeling of great trepidation, what had happened to make Lord Voldemort the happiest he had been in fourteen years.  (source)
    trepidation = fear
  • Frank looked at Tyson with trepidation.  (source)
    trepidation = nervousness
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