get apprehensive

Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words

To start to be worried or anxious (more informal).

apprehensiveVERBS + apprehensive

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Examples (10)

  • He started to get apprehensive before his big job interview.
  • I always get apprehensive when I have to speak in public.
  • As the plane began to shake, I started to get apprehensive.
  • She tends to get apprehensive about exams, even when she's well-prepared.
  • He didn't get apprehensive until he saw the size of the audience.
  • Try not to get apprehensive; the procedure is very routine.
  • I'm starting to get a little apprehensive because they are over an hour late.
  • Investors are getting apprehensive about the market's volatility.
  • Whenever he has to drive in the city, he gets apprehensive.
  • Have you ever gotten so apprehensive that you couldn't speak?