Words similar to afraid

Example sentences for: afraid

How can you use “afraid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

According to the Globe , the reason Pitt is hesitating to marry the eager Aniston is that he is afraid of alienating his gay fans.
His wife was afraid to fly with him, preferring to travel with a professional pilot or drive herself.
The bato loco is tantamount to an archetype in Chicano culture; he is that crazy guy who isn’t afraid of life.
The fiction editor quit, claiming the editor in chief had been afraid that Leavitt's explicit gay sex scenes would alienate advertisers.
2) Afraid of alienating the Chinese government, which lent the works, the Guggenheim includes no artists critical of communism.