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Sentences starting with afraid

Afraid to return, she stood for some time thinking. [5]
Afraid of the 'minister' as that idiot Alpatych called him this morning? [2]
Afraid of her mind, if she is contradicted, I suppose. [6]
Afraid of the long rifle--a burdensome weapon seldom carried by rustlers or riders--they had been put to rout. [13]

Sentences ending with afraid

Now she should understand that something which had made the old Duc de Bercy with his last breath say, Don't be afraid! [11]
I shall go to Fredonia to meet you, but it will not be well for Livy to make that trip I am afraid. [5]
Then she begin to cry, for she is afraid. [11]
For a moment they were all afraid. [11]
She remembered the sympathy she had felt for him when they had first met, and, in spite of all the trouble she had experienced since, she no longer felt afraid. [10]
What are we scared at and of whom are we afraid? [2]
Yes, it was plain to me now that there was one spirit there which this dreaded judge could not quell nor make afraid. [5]
That's the kind of business that's worth doing--seeing into the future, fashioning laws that make good men happy and bad men afraid. [11]
Yet he felt obliged to speak up and say: "Answer the gentleman, Thomas--don't be afraid. [5]
The count did not set out cheerfully on this visit, at heart he felt afraid. [2]

Short sentences using afraid

Always afraid of the French. [2]
I'm afraid of storms. [13]
He was afraid so. [5]
I'm afraid he's right. [13]
They're not afraid of us. [13]
Don't be afraid of that. [12]
Was she afraid of something? [11]
I was afraid of ships. [6]
I am afraid of poison! [10]
I'm not afraid of Krool. [11]

Sentences containing afraid two or more times

Half the time Tom was afraid Injun Joe would never be captured; the other half he was afraid he would be. [5]
Sonya was afraid to leave Natasha and afraid of being in the way when she was with them. [2]
It was foolish to be afraid there, yet still I was; so afraid that I held in and hardly even whimpered, though it would have been such a comfort to whimper, because that eases the pain, you know. [5]
They were like the Paladin; I think he was afraid of his shadow--I mean in the afternoon, when it was very big and long; but when he was under Joan's eye and the inspiration of her great spirit, what was he afraid of? [5]
This pantomime was the elocutionary expression of an unspoken soliloquy which had something of this shape: "I was afraid of it--was afraid of it. [5]
He must think that I, too, am afraid of him--and in fact I am afraid of him," he thought, and again he felt something terrible and monstrous rising in his soul. [2]
He's an honest soul, and means the very best in the world, but I'm afraid, I'm afraid he's too flighty. [5]
He felt afraid of what would happen to him and still more afraid of showing his fear. [2]
And I'm afraid of him; I know I'm afraid of him. [11]
He was afraid of falling behind the hussars, so much afraid that his heart stood still. [2]

More example sentences with the word afraid in them

I'm afraid of your success, and of all the money you're making. [9]
Scorn trifles, lift your aims; do what you are afraid to do. [6]
I was afraid you'd say something awkward. [8]
I didn't tell you, because I knew you were afraid to be left alone. [13]
I was afraid you would not take me, even now, to-night. [9]
I am afraid you would not be satisfied. [7]
I was afraid you were in Boston. [9]
I confess to you that I've been a little afraid at times that you'd take after Jonathan's father. [9]
So it is, you see, she is afraid to tell the truth. [11]
I--" "I'm afraid you have fallen into bad ways. [4]
I am afraid you deserve your loss. [5]
I don't suppose you care, but I'm afraid you are not quite just to me. [4]
I was afraid yesterday that it would come to this; but it can never, never be. [10]
As Mr. Clemens wrote you we would say "do not send us any more money at present" if we were not afraid to do so. [5]
I wished to write to him, but I am afraid only you would tolerate my writing so much when I have nothing to say. [6]
Very often she would wander off by day, always without a companion, bringing home with her a nest, a flower, or even a more questionable trophy of her ramble, such as showed that there was no place where she was afraid to venture. [6]
Many a person would be afraid to stay there, even half an hour, when the mountain quakes, the ashes fall in showers, and the glowing lava pours out in a stream. [10]
I'm afraid Rex won't succeed his father," she added, with a touch of regret and a glance of pride at her husband. [9]
Nature is struggling with something, and I am afraid she is under in the wrestling-match. [6]
He never meddled with any other town, for he was afraid to venture into houses whose ins and outs he did not know and the habits of whose households he was not acquainted with. [5]
At this Andreas whispered to her: "You are afraid lest I should prevent your coming with us? [10]
All the time, while these thoughts passed through his mind, he was afraid Dryfoos would die. [8]
It is that which sometimes has made me afraid, that we believed ourselves above the law. [9]
No--keep your popgun; whenever I see the day that I'll be afraid to have you behind me with that thing, it 'll be time for me to join last year's hundred and eighty-two"; and he rode off in a walk, Shadbelly following. [5]
He was afraid when he saw me here, but I say to him, 'No, I will not speak--never'; and he is all my friend just when I most need. [11]
For, after all, what is Theophile Benoist, that I should seem to be afraid of him? [5]
I'll tell you what he is afraid of. [7]
When I reflect what a complex and sophisticated being I am, I'm afraid I can never come to anything in art. [8]
The Lahore horses were used to elephants, but they were rapturously afraid of them just the same. [5]
Among those who were not afraid to stand and fight, and who would not be captured, was our Giuseppe. [4]
Acknowledged that you were afraid, and backed shamefully out? [5]
The cowed populace were afraid to go to the funeral. [5]
The other servants were afraid of her. [6]
He is afraid we'll all pull together. [7]
We were afraid we would disturb you when we called. [8]
I am afraid we were an undistinguished set, for I do not remember anybody near a bishop in dignity graduating from our benches. [6]
I am afraid we should get a good deal confused even in reading our Shakespeare if we did not look back now and then at the dramatis personae. [6]
I was afraid we might be still behind her, but now that we know she is behind us, everything is safe. [5]
I was afraid we might be seen, but you led me away from the cottages near to the little bridge which crosses the dyke. [11]
I am afraid we do not always do justice to our country brethren, whose merits are less conspicuously exhibited than those of the great city physicians and surgeons, such especially as have charge of large hospitals. [3]
But I suspect we can't manage that--even your infallible Fulkerson couldn't work it--and I'm afraid that there'll be some listening that 'll spoil the pleasure of the time. [8]
I am afraid we cannot come to an understanding, Miss Hawkins. [5]
The clue-iron which we are trying to make serve for the broken block works, however, very indifferently, and will, I am afraid, soon cut the rope. [5]
However, the letter was written, and promptly, too--whereas, heretofore she has remained afraid to do such things. [5]
One, I remember, was very voluble, and over-explained everything, so that we became afraid to ask him a question. [6]
The poor queen was so scared and humbled that she was even afraid to hang the composer without first consulting me. [5]
Natasha saw there was nothing to be afraid of and so she braved even Marya Dmitrievna. [2]
And not only was Napoleon not afraid to extend his line, but he welcomed every step forward as a triumph and did not seek battle as eagerly as in former campaigns, but very lazily. [2]
The mutinous spirit was in the air, but the whites were not afraid, and did not feel much troubled. [5]
His grandfather, who was his godfather, trembling and afraid of dropping him, carried the infant round the battered tin font and handed him over to the godmother, Princess Mary. [2]
I swear I was afraid to pray, for fear I should laugh. [5]
In fact, I was afraid the joke would have cost us both our new lady-boarders. [6]
Yet I never was afraid of trails. [13]
All along I was afraid it would be impossible for you to keep up so splendidly to the end; but you were only, I see now, striking eleven. [5]
At times I was afraid he was going to rupture his invention; but it always stood the strain, and he pulled through all right. [5]
The Secretary of War, you know, holds a pretty tight rein on the press, so that they shall not tell more than they ought to; and I 'm afraid that if I blab too much, he might draw a tight rein on me. [7]
What do you want to be afraid for? [5]
Even in those unforgettable days at the farm I was afraid of it, although I did not know what it was to be. [9]
I walked only two days, Claude walked two--both of afraid to make Millet celebrated too close to home--but Carl walked only half a day, the bright, conscienceless rascal, and after that he travelled like a duke. [5]
In hunting for truth you must not be afraid of a bog. [10]
The people were troubled and afraid, and showed it. [5]
Suzon felt the troubled air round them, saw the dark looks on the faces of the men, and was at once afraid and elated. [11]
He would have tossed and fidgeted, as his nerves demanded, but he was afraid he might wake Sid. [5]
They'd love you, too, if they only knew you, but they're afraid you'll scrub 'em if you get hold of them, the way you used to scrub me. [9]
I have been told that I was a pleasant, smiling infant, with nothing to indicate any peculiar nervous susceptibility; not afraid of strangers, but on the contrary ready to make their acquaintance. [6]
People were afraid to trust them, no matter how much they knew. [6]
Skepticism is afraid to trust its truths in depolarized words, and so cries out against a new translation. [6]
They were afraid to touch them. [5]
I am afraid to touch her with my little finger--and there comes a chariot over the brittle doll, and does not quite crush her, for she is still alive. [10]
Take him back to the prison then, if you're afraid to free him. [11]
By and by to the elephant stables, and I took a ride; but it was by request--I did not ask for it, and didn't want it; but I took it, because otherwise they would have thought I was afraid, which I was. [5]
We was used to the balloon now and not afraid any more, and didn't want to be anywheres else. [5]
I am afraid to tell what I paid for it. [6]
Gifted Hopkins confessed to Susan Posey that he was afraid of her, since she had been to the great city school. [6]
She was afraid to speak about it; but she glared at them aslant, with the look of a biting horse when his eyes follow one sideways until they are all white but one little vicious spark of pupil. [6]
You are afraid to say things that are common. [4]
Do you mean to say that you--the boldest sportsman, the strongest wrestler--the wisest of all the young Persians--that you, Darius, are afraid of a woman? [10]
She begged him to say how long he thought she might live;--not to fear speaking the truth, for she was not afraid to die. [14]
I'd be afraid to risk taking her anywhere. [13]
I was afraid to risk it. [9]
Be not afraid to report, for times can come when even a mother's heart is past breaking --being already broke. [5]
I've no crime to repent of, and I'm afraid of nothing in the last resort. [11]
He was afraid to put his theory to the test. [9]
He was afraid to meet him, it seemed as if he were completely estranged from him. [10]
People are afraid to laugh in a church. [5]
If he asked to kiss me, I should crumble into dust, as ashes dried in the sun crumble if you touch them with a finger, and I should be as much afraid of his lips as of a lion's. [10]
He might try to kill her, but she had seen death in many forms far away in Spain, and she would not be afraid till there was cause. [11]
Alison's words recurred to him, "they are afraid of you, they will crush you if they can. [9]
It must seem to him that everyone is afraid of him, and that must please him. [2]
He was afraid to go on, leaving this strong place in his rear. [5]
Don't be afraid to fire, but take good aim first. [11]
His views as to fate, or the determining conditions of the character, brought him near enough to the doctrine of predestination to make him afraid of its consequences, and led him to enter a caveat against any denial of the self-governing power of the will. [6]
We now began to creep along flimsy bridges of a single plank, our persons shielded from destruction by a crazy wooden railing, to which I clung with both hands--not because I was afraid, but because I wanted to. [5]
I'm always afraid to come here by myself, when his account's a pretty large one. [12]
Secretly I wanted to believe all these kind sayings, but I could not; I was afraid that my masters' partiality for me, and pride in me, biased their judgment. [5]
I am used to being afraid of collisions when I ride or drive, but when one is on top of an elephant that feeling is absent. [5]
What had they to be afraid of? [2]
I shall begin to be afraid I bore you. [5]
You don't need to be afraid at a six-thousand-mile range. [11]
They dragged her to a tree and threw a rope over the limb, and began to make a noose in it, some holding her, meantime, and she crying and begging, and her young daughter looking on and weeping, but afraid to say or do anything. [5]

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