All 9 Uses of
apprehension
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The ladies were not so well satisfied, though even they were pleased with his eloquence, especially as they had no apprehensions as to the upshot of the trial and had full trust in Fetyukovitch.†
Chpt 12 *
- Alyosha noticed that many, almost all, went in to the elder for the first time with apprehension and uneasiness, but came out with bright and happy faces.†
Chpt 1
- This action and all the preceding conversation, which was so surprising from Ivan, impressed every one by its strangeness and a certain solemnity, so that all were silent for a moment, and there was a look almost of apprehension in Alyosha's face.†
Chpt 2
- And the vagueness of his apprehension increased the apprehension itself.†
Chpt 3
- And the vagueness of his apprehension increased the apprehension itself.†
Chpt 3
- The monk, as he related afterwards, approached in the utmost apprehension.†
Chpt 4
- Yet at that moment, though the apprehension of the new and unknown certainly found place in his heart, what was worrying him was something quite different.†
Chpt 5
- And the doctor here, Mr. Varvinsky, maintained to all of them that it was just the thought of it brought it on, the apprehension that I might fall.†
Chpt 11
- And that very apprehension, that very wonder, brought on the spasm in his throat that always precedes such attacks, and he fell unconscious into the cellar.†
Chpt 12
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
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(3)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the situation) to understand
or:
in psychology and philosophy: immediate awareness prior to analysis and judgment