trepidation
IPA: trɛpɪdˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence
- An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
- (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
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Examples of "trepidation" in Sentences
- I confess to a bit of trepidation.
- Another article fills me with trepidation.
- I'll be documenting some of that with trepidation.
- Even friends admit to some trepidation in her presence.
- I'll reply to a few more of these, with some trepidation.
- All lived in trepidation for the life of their beloved Lenin.
- I remember the trepidation in his eyes the first time we met.
- As a casual passerby, I enter the discussion with some trepidation.
- I know enough about the subject to approach this with great trepidation.
- In this tale, Peter displays some trepidation about returning to the garden.
- So, Saturday, I ran up to the local place, armed with a certain trepidation for an inflated price.
- Presently F himself rushes in horror & trepidation from the room and while still expressing his agony & terror
- Adding to my trepidation is this primary poll from Survey USA, which confirms Roulstone's campaign doesn't yet have the profile it needs.
- With that the cub passed out the door in trepidation to the last for fear that Brissenden would hit him in the back with the bottle he still clutched.
- I always feel a certain trepidation when I read the work of a friend, especially one who has given me as much encouragement and help as sartorias has.
- Xmas hurtles at us like a skateboarding troll trundling downhill - it's big, impressive, but to be viewed with a certain trepidation by those in its path.
- Because this pervasive trepidation is unprecedented in their lifetime, most Americans have reflexively invoked the Depression in their efforts to comprehend their experience.
- I don't know why I say that. [oh look i'm crying again] I watched it with a certain trepidation, and halfway through the clip, when images of the results of the white phosphorous began showing, I could not stop crying.
- A very nice young man, of whom no maid's mother need ever be in trepidation; a very strong young man, whose substance had not been wasted in riotous living; a very learned young man, with a Freiberg mining engineer's diploma and a B.A. sheepskin from Yale; and, lastly,
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