Words similar to fearing

Example sentences for: fearing

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

The culprit, fearing unmasking by classmates, stepped forward and paid $1,755 to the sheriff who investigated the incident.
He can tell her of something good he has done, or something good that has happened to him, without fearing that she will think he is bragging.
Many publishers, either fearing litigation or simply because they are sensitive to questions of ownership of the printed word, prefer to take a cautions approach to trademarks, capitalizing words like Xerox, Coke , and Formica in print, though at least one major dictionary recognizes the uncapitalized form of xerox , and allows it to function as a verb.
But in my case, praise from a stranger is like a glass of water served at a restaurant in Bombay: You drink it warily, if at all, fearing it may be tainted.
Peter Pringle's ticktock of the legal battle, Cornered: Big Tobacco at the Bar of Justice , answers the first question: The plaintiffs' lawyers and the attorneys general proved indefatigable; incriminating documents were leaked from inside the big tobacco companies; an important industry scientist defected; and, most importantly, Wall Street, fearing a bottomless payout, signaled the industry to submit.