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Definition of the day : « apprehension »

  • noun anxiety, fear
  • noun catching and arresting
  • noun understanding
Example sentences :
  • It is the result of apprehension and misapprehension, and bred of race-fear.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I felt a sudden chill of apprehension, and almost feared to hear the answer.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • It was sufficient for him that in her apprehension she had turned to him.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • I knew we were going towards the ocean; and my great cause of apprehension was the bar.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Professor Maxon was close behind him, and the faces of both were white with apprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • There was not, however, any instant cause for such an apprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Had I any the least apprehension of ever being in Mr. Solmes's power, this might have affected me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Indeed, my dear, said my aunt, you too much justify all your apprehension.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He regarded the lofty ridges and the deep gaps with apprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler