13118 examples of afraid in sentences

Our elders were disheartened and afraid, therefore we could well be excused for gloomy looks and timid whisperings, as we spoke of what might take place before I was able to resume command of the company which Sergeant Corney had spent so many hours in drilling.

I asked, angrily, for even though I was afraid of the venture, it was not in my mind to be treated like a child, as seemed to be the case when the old man was considering my safety rather than his own.

" "I was afraid it would come to that," Sergeant Corney whispered to me, with a sigh.

Before one could have counted ten I began to realize that this stranger who was at my mercy appeared quite as much afraid of making a noise as did I, and involuntarily my grasp was loosened ever so slightly, for I understood that had it been an Indian he would have done his best to attract the attention of those near the camp-fire.

I shall submit this view of the case to my uncle: he is accustomed to hear reason from me, of whom, between ourselves, he is not a little afraid.

He had instructed Zeus, as Chiron had instructed Achilles; he remembered Poseidon afraid of the water, and Pluto of the dark.

Surely you are not afraid, not afraid of a picture, Lawton?" "No," said Mr. Lawton, "I am not afraid.

Surely you are not afraid, not afraid of a picture, Lawton?" "No," said Mr. Lawton, "I am not afraid.

Surely you are not afraid, not afraid of a picture, Lawton?" "No," said Mr. Lawton, "I am not afraid.

He was a clever lad, and afraid of the Major.

"I am afraid I am rather a dull person," she answered.

"You are afraid of Paul," she cried.

"You are afraid of Karl Steinmetz; you will presently be afraid of me.

She did not admit, even to herself, that she was afraid of De Chauxville.

An angry bear is afraid of no living man or beast.

"Your Excellency," he answered, "I am afraid.

" "I am not afraid of them," replied Paul, with his head in the medicine cupboard, "any more than I am afraid of a horse.

"Because," she said, "if there is you need not be afraid of telling me.

"But, Herr Steinmetz," she said, "I am not afraid.

At times this man had the power of moving her, and she was afraid of allowing him to exercise it.

She was afraid of this man.

I am afraid of themI have no control.

They are afraid that I should give information.

What can I do?" "You can show them that you are not afraid of them," answered Paul.

" Mr. Edson now protested that he was too stupid to feel a passion as intellectual as love, and that he was afraid he was destined by nature to remain as insensible as a block.

13118 examples of  afraid  in sentences