Sample sentences for TREPIDATION

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Definition

nervousness (fear or anxiety about what will happen)

trepidation = nervousness

trepidation = nervousness

we walked home in trepidation, certain that Assef and his friends would ambush us every time we turned a corner.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

trepidation = nervousness

After seven months, Wes met his graduation from Job Corps with as much trepidation as excitement.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

trepidation = nervousness

...and he wondered, with a feeling of great trepidation, what had happened to make Lord Voldemort the happiest he had been in fourteen years.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

trepidation = fear

Thomas felt one final moment of trepidation, a quick slice of fear through his body, and then it vanished.
James Dashner -- The Maze Runner

trepidation = nervousness

"How long have I been here?" he asked with trepidation.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon

trepidation = nervousness

I could see surprise, shock, incredible excitement on all of their faces, but also hints of fear and trepidation.
James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment

trepidation = nervousness or anxiety about what will happen

With trepidation, he had resolved to go to Sugamo to stand before these men.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

trepidation = fear or anxiety about what will happen

I could never go out to breathe God's free air without trepidation at my heart.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

trepidation = fear or anxiety about what might happen

a world whose inhabitants walked in trepidation, in fear of opening up.
David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars

trepidation = nervousness

trepidation = nervousness

However, I think you'll agree that I now leave you fairly often with little trepidation.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key

trepidation = nervousness

trepidation = nervousness

With trepidation, Josiah rang the doorbell.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United

trepidation = nervousness

To hear the Agent speak with such trepidation had a powerful effect upon Max.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge

trepidation = nervousness

Don Quixote felt uneasy, Sancho frightened, and the duke and duchess displayed a certain trepidation.
Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote

trepidation = nervousness

I was by this time in a state of such excessive trepidation and wandering of mind, as to be quite unable to fix my attention on anything.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield

trepidation = fear or anxiety

It must be a beast, then, and we might as well have saved our trepidation.
Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

trepidation = fear

...preparing to garrison our fortress in warlike array, but with considerable trepidation,
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson

trepidation = nervousness

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