become apprehensive
Frequency: 6.87.1 per million words
To start to be worried or anxious.
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- As the storm clouds gathered, the villagers became apprehensive.
- I've become apprehensive about traveling alone since the incident.
- He will become apprehensive if he hears about the company's financial troubles.
- Investors became apprehensive following the sudden market downturn.
- She was becoming increasingly apprehensive as the time for her speech drew nearer.
- It's natural to become apprehensive before a major exam.
- The child became apprehensive when he saw the large, barking dog.
- Why did you suddenly become so apprehensive about the trip?
- He became apprehensive of making a mistake in front of the new manager.
- If this uncertainty continues, the public may become apprehensive about the future.