make sb apprehensive
Frequency: 6.25.8 per million words
To cause someone to feel worried or anxious.
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Examples (10)
- The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
- The strange noise from the engine made the driver apprehensive.
- His sudden silence made her apprehensive about what he would say next.
- Waiting for the test results is making me apprehensive.
- The news of budget cuts made the entire team apprehensive.
- The prospect of speaking in front of a large crowd makes many people apprehensive.
- What was it about the interview that made you so apprehensive?
- The darkening sky made the hikers apprehensive about the coming storm.
- Any mention of a dental appointment makes him apprehensive.
- The fact that she hadn't called in hours made her parents apprehensive.