How To Use Apprehensive In A Sentence

In the Zirgana mountains large red deer softly returned their gaze from an apprehensive distance.
I sense they are very keen to do well, if a little bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
You're driving mad with all this constant eye moving, and apprehensiveness, and such.
Adding to the rosiness of the outside world is an unexpected rise in the friendliness of the vet whom I was apprehensive about seeing earlier in the week.
Involuntarily, she stepped in, biting the inside of her cheek apprehensively and casting her eyes over the rows of neatly aligned desks in the room.

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The silly pretext of difficulties by which my erasure, notwithstanding the reiterated solicitations of the victorious General, was so long delayed made me apprehensive of a renewal, under a weak and jealous pentarchy, of the horrible scenes of 1796. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
They were both very impressed with the idea of helping in the store, if a little apprehensive. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
I would like to use ‘fairness essences’ to lighten the freckles but am apprehensive that it may lead to leucoderma.
Although she is excited about going to school, she is also rather apprehensive and fearful. Educational Psychology in a Changing World
They felt apprehensive about the approach of war.
I suspect he's a bit apprehensive. The Sun
She wore an expression that could either be read as apprehensive or frightened, depending.
A cup of tea at the right moment does for the virtuous reveller all that Falstaff claims for a good sherris-sack, or at least the first half of its "twofold operation:" "It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapors which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which delivered over to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
We were both a little bit apprehensive when we first tried. The Sun
Afterward the architects agreed that they had been very apprehensive about what it would look like.
felt apprehensive about the consequences
Unable to ski or dance and with no head for heights, comedian Shazia Mirza was apprehensive about the new Big Snow festival in Andorra Fancy dress and a lot of bottle at Andorra's ski party
Approaching exam time children get apprehensive and nervous about learning and become worried about making a fool of themselves.
I'm excited and a bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
His horse shifted its weight apprehensively, its muscles bunching and smoothing beneath the saddle, causing the leather to creak ever so slightly.
People are apprehensive about trusting their food to an unknown business.
A cup of tea at the right moment does for the virtuous reveller all that Falstaff claims for a good sherris-sack, or at least the first half of its "twofold operation:" "It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapors which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which delivered over to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. Our Hundred Days in Europe
count me among the fans of the series. i was apprehensive about giamatti too. but, so far, he's doing well. same for laura linney. and the history is spot on. the only identifiable device i've seen is that they are playing some of the letters between abigail and john as conversations. truth of the matter is that they were apart for years at a time. it's a very allowable artistic liberty. Travelling ...
But I was feeling so apprehensive that rephrasing my questions was the least of my problems.
It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery and delectable shapes; which, deliverd oer to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. Act IV. Scene III. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
For a moment, Helen stood very still, her expression apprehensive, her hands rubbing the ball, exploring the slickness of the horsehide and the ridges of the stitching. DIAMOND RUBY
I am apprehensive that she may fall ill.
He added: 'I am not apprehensive about the size of the crowd at all. The Sun
Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, again flourished under the protection of the laws; and the curioe, or civil corporations, were again filled with useful and respectable members: the youth were no longer apprehensive of marriage; and married persons were no longer apprehensive of posterity: the public and private festivals were celebrated with customary pomp; and the frequent and secure intercourse of the provinces displayed the image of national prosperity. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Yes, you get a bit apprehensive but also in your head the anger drives you on. The Sun
They were both very impressed with the idea of helping in the store, if a little apprehensive. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
Living without formal immigration status translates into a life of constant apprehensiveness and difficult decisions for unauthorized individuals. Timothy J. Steigenga: Why We Wrote Living "Illegal"
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He was jumpy and apprehensive, and most likely wouldn't have been able to hit anything even surrounding the small oracle if pressed to.
All three were a little excited to be in the study, and a little apprehensive. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents
Another pause and she strained for the answer, nervous and apprehensive all at once.
He dabbed the sweat from his balding pate and raked his winnings towards him like some apprehensive miser. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Many new school volunteers were apprehensive about visiting the hospital, anxieties fed by their fear of the unknown.
I'm excited and a bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
In the Zirgana mountains large red deer softly returned their gaze from an apprehensive distance.
He was expert at reassuring the apprehensive young bride. Times, Sunday Times
John is apprehensive because he has done little caving, and doesn't like tight crawls.
It's impossible not to feel slightly apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
They all seem to be afraid and apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
At first the officers in charge of the troops garrisoned in the city were vaguely apprehensive of trouble in the ranks.
I, however, gave him no satisfactory answer, being apprehensive that, if I unbosomed myself, I should become as much an object of horror to him as I had long been to myself. Lavengro
This morbid disposition is the parent of a continual apprehensiveness which is shown upon all sorts of occasions. Poise: How to Attain It
You'll feel thankful that such a pristine wilderness exists - and quickly apprehensive for its future. Times, Sunday Times
A fine white mist sprays from the nozzle, drying like glue as soon as it touches my apprehensive skin. Times, Sunday Times
I looked around apprehensively to find the ‘essential services only’ notice but could see nothing.
I was apprehensive and a little sceptical. Times, Sunday Times
Danzigers had good reason to be apprehensive about the Versailles Treaty arrangements, and they were not alone.
Rebecca spent her entire taxi ride apprehensive about showing up at a stranger's place.
I suspect he's a bit apprehensive. The Sun
Was it so peculiar to scan each of these acquaintances respectively with circumspect glances, to do so apprehensively (more apprehensively and yet more often to the male than the female of this brother and sister combination as she, whom he barely knew at all, was nearer and the sexual interest would be more conspicuous), and to let the erumpent odors of both, imagined or real, send him on An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
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He watched the two birds glide away over the waves, an apprehensive glint in his eye.
It would be surprising if the Pope were not a little apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
I sense they are very keen to do well, if a little bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
On a range of negative qualities, they judged themselves as better able to deal with pressure than fellow refs, less anxious and less apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
At this time Elizabeth began to become apprehensive in expectation of her monthly indisposition.
Their messages to Russia should include stronger backing for the democracies of central and eastern Europe—natural allies that have watched apprehensively as their interests are overshadowed by Russia's relations with the U.S., Germany and other influential Western powers. Russian Reality-Check
My aunt expressed her fears, however, and looked at me, as I did at her, with a countenance, I suppose, far from being unapprehensive: but Sir Sir Charles Grandison
The male physiotherapist who came every day from Washington looked apprehensive. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
There's a photo of us all, sitting among the drear rocks and smiling apprehensively at the camera.
I was a bit apprehensive, coming back after five weeks out. The Sun
I was pretty apprehensive prior to the ride, as I was aware that it was pretty early in the season and my attempts to get a solid training ride or two into my legs had been snookered by various mechanicals and the consequences thereof.
Nicholas Hoult does look genuinely apprehensive, which is annoying because he's been perfectly at ease until now. WN.com - Articles related to Voluptuous Jennifer Lopez shows off her best asset while performing new single at Italy music festival
The rest of their mates looked on in apprehensive silence, dreading what would happen next.
He talked ambiguously, and was so apprehensive of what I might say that I had not the heart to catechise him. Chapter 12: The Bishop
They settled upon the faces and arms of the paddlers, totally unapprehensive of rebuff. The Palace of Darkened Windows
I must admit the three-year old does look a bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
And that one was a hollow-cheeked, unhappy, nervous, apprehensive creature’.
It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery and delectable shapes, which, delivered o’er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The second part of King Henry the Fourth
In the Zirgana mountains large red deer softly returned their gaze from an apprehensive distance.
It would be surprising if the Pope were not a little apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
It is dangerous for youth to behold beauty in the pomp of all her charms, with every look bent upon conquest — more dangerous to see her in the hour of unaffected and unapprehensive ease and simplicity, yielding herself to the graceful whim of the moment, and as willing to be pleased as desirous of pleasing. Anne of Geierstein
She admits to being'a bit apprehensive' after the first experience. Times, Sunday Times
Apprehensive that the more urgent symptoms were caused by water in the lungs, I directed an Infusion of Digitalis, with an ounce of diacodium to the half pint to prevent it purging, a wine glass full to be taken every night at bed-time, and a mixture with confect.cardiac. and pulv.ipecac. to be given in small doses after every loose stool. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases
He was ‘a wee bit apprehensive’ about coming to Lanarkshire with his wife and two-year-old son, only because it meant having to find a church he was happy with.
As I made my way apprehensively to the Haitian voodoo priestess's basement, I wondered what I should ask for. With the Voodoo Crowd
Her enormous excitement and his recent conversation with Mitty made him more apprehensive than he otherwise might have been. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
When a mechanized force enters an area with friendly infantry, both light and mechanized soldiers get a little apprehensive.
This is a circumstance worthy of notice; for it clearly shews, that he was not unapprehensive of meeting with resistance from the natives, or unmindful of the necessary preparation for the safety of himself and his people. Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook
The marines were pumped up for action, but also thoughtful, nervous and even apprehensive.
The only time you get a bit apprehensive is when plans need to be set in stone. The Sun
It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery and delectable shapes, which, delivered o'er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The Second Part of King Henry IV
They were both very impressed with the idea of helping in the store, if a little apprehensive. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
No," Sam said, and her eyes focused on his face then, her own expression stilled, apprehensive. Sleeping Partners
A lot of those deals are very tight and clients become apprehensive.
Although neither of the pressmen has ever met Faldo previously, they are far from apprehensive at the prospect of doing so.
You couldn't blame me for being a teensy bit apprehensive, could you?
Her arms are crossed and her face apprehensive, but she claims she's not nervous.
Too many were steeped in a sense of her sacredness, well he wot! and he was unable to find room in his apprehensive mind for any doubt that these others would be accursedly diligent. Seventeen
All three were a little excited to be in the study, and a little apprehensive. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents
Slowly and apprehensively, Rowan raised the latch. Automatic Typewriter
And further down the road, what we anticipate and apprehensiveness is that our great Indian neighbor could say ‘we are your friends’ and while saying that, deny us water, said Abida Hussain. Pakistan and India Talk Trade, But Historical Tensions Persist
I feel a kind of apprehensiveness and terror -- yes, terror, which I cannot describe. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange
Your own persevering chirruping is (in my humble judgment) so out of character with a season, in which every wise creature must be apprehensive for the future, that I can only excuse it on the ground of an ignorance and levity, which you have had no opportunity of correcting. Parables From Nature
You should talk to my boss," he stated apprehensively. Negotiating the Open
He added: 'I am not apprehensive about the size of the crowd at all. The Sun
Although she is excited about going to school, she is also rather apprehensive and fearful. Educational Psychology in a Changing World
I was very anxious and apprehensive about going in to work.
He added: 'I am not apprehensive about the size of the crowd at all. The Sun
I was apprehensive about my imagination being lacking or my story being naff. On Writing and Creativity: Lessons Learned By My 35th Birthday | The Creative Penn
It's impossible not to feel slightly apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
But as I get closer to the barn door, I become apprehensive.
On a range of negative qualities, they judged themselves as better able to deal with pressure than fellow refs, less anxious and less apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
He peers out from under his scruffy, unkempt hair with a slackjawed, apprehensive expression.
One of the boys sleeps on a sofa while the other stares complacently at the camera, arms raised apprehensively.
I was apprehensive and a little sceptical. Times, Sunday Times
I think you are too apprehensive in regard to your sister's happiness: he loves her, and there is a certain variety in her manner, a kind of agreable caprice, that I think will secure the heart of a man of his turn, much more than her merit, or even the loveliness of her person. The History of Emily Montague
I was a bit apprehensive, coming back after five weeks out. The Sun
He asked with a slightly apprehensive air if he had to wear the headphones. Times, Sunday Times
At night she lay in a kind of dead-and-alive doze, apprehensive that the voice might call on her again. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
Prince Akuli shot an apprehensive glance sideward to where, under the shade of a kukui tree, an old wahine (Hawaiian woman) was just settling herself to begin on some work in hand. SHIN-BONES
We were both a little bit apprehensive when we first tried. The Sun
Cath's face grew apprehensive as she gathered her crutches and levered herself upright.
But as I get closer to the barn door, I become apprehensive.
All this, to make her unapprehensive, and that she may have nothing to pull her back. Clarissa Harlowe
apprehensive for one's life
I knew they were watching my every move apprehensively. 365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Obviously I'm still nervous and apprehensive, but sometimes you've got to do certain things.
But, of course, this made Jennie and Susie feel very nervous and also a big word called apprehensive, which is the same thing. Bully and Bawly No-Tail
He lives in the picture-perfect place that doesn't have crime, poverty, or ugliness, Mitch thought apprehensively.
Dr Gottlieb reassures apprehensive patients that the operation is a simple procedure.
I'm a bit apprehensive but also rather excited at the prospect of being a locum. Times, Sunday Times
I was apprehensive about the title because the word diva has a negative connotation. Make Your Life Prime Time
Yes, you get a bit apprehensive but also in your head the anger drives you on. The Sun
Survey after survey showed the public to be increasingly apprehensive about the broadcast.
She admits to being'a bit apprehensive' after the first experience. Times, Sunday Times
On a range of negative qualities, they judged themselves as better able to deal with pressure than fellow refs, less anxious and less apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
When Music City Soul by Beverley Knight popped through the letterbox I confess I was a little apprehensive.
He remained apprehensive about returning to the United States, unsure of his legal jeopardy.
He watched apprehensively as his brother snapped open the flip-top pack with his thumb.
Naturally we were all a little apprehensive as we touched the ice and slid along the wild runway.
But his hugeness could not quite overcome his apprehensiveness. Chapter 25
She admits to being'a bit apprehensive' after the first experience. Times, Sunday Times
But she was also apprehensive, staying in Bridget's house, and glimpses of the blue square offered little oases of reassurance. INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
The crowd became apprehensive and fearful for the lives of the five, and the sanity of their beloved guru. Times, Sunday Times
We'd been a little apprehensive about their visit.
John shrugged off his apprehensiveness, looking away.
It ascends me into the brain ... makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes; which delivered o'er to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk
I am no longer apprehensive of being perceived as a gun toting, trigger happy fanatic, even though I still endeavor to educate my friends and relatives on the beauty of this sport.
Whither, to be absolutely made unapprehensive of any body else? — Clarissa Harlowe
Apprehensive though many Ministers are, they do not regard it as their place to wrangle over the whys and wherefores, certainly not in public.
The presumptive Mrs. Ashe looked at once apprehensive and hopeful. THE LAST PLACE
I was a bit apprehensive, coming back after five weeks out. The Sun
If the horse gets apprehensive or frightened, his back tightens and shortens.
We were both a little bit apprehensive when we first tried. The Sun
However, some residents were a bit apprehensive about having wild carnivorous beasts in their midst.
And this, Madam, makes me apprehensive, that you will get into so low-spirited a way, that you will not be able to enjoy the happiness that seems to await us. Clarissa Harlowe
Why were these people frightened and so apprehensive if he had committed no crime?
The new problem, the verroa mite, has not yet impinged in this area and we are all apprehensive as to what the effect will be.
For their part, the zoo officials were also a mite apprehensive about letting a crowd form around the enclosure where the big cat was giving birth.
He asked with a slightly apprehensive air if he had to wear the headphones. Times, Sunday Times
apprehensive about her job
Apprehensive, thinking that he had truly been through enough already, Bill turned his head and saw that the wind was dispersing the remaining ashes of the thing that had been Bartholomew.
He was rather apprehensive of failure.
Everybody, save Beauty Smith, looked apprehensively, the fear of the police strong upon them. The Clinging Death
The people doing the latter were extremely excited yet also very apprehensive.
I have seen, with burning indignation, a malignant beast (I mean man) playing upon that tendency to a terrible apprehensiveness which is born with many men. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862
He has to be double-handcuffed when they apprehensively allow him out of his cell.
The only time you get a bit apprehensive is when plans need to be set in stone. The Sun
Patients experience overwhelming apprehensiveness and anxiety, fear of death, and coldness, followed by body weakness and dizziness.
People in other countries like Australia watch apprehensively as the US political system is on the verge of unraveling and landing in the hands of people who have shown little in-depth understanding of the inordinate power and scientific sophistication of the present day world. Helen Caldicott: The Election
Quintus was coming to the end of his term as praetor and was heavily in debt and apprehensive about what province he might draw in the forthcoming lottery. CONSPIRATA
No one said they were apprehensive about the hike.
I've always been apprehensive about dentists ramming their fingers into my mouth - it takes a fair bit of effort to restrain myself from biting them.
The men at the resort all looked apprehensively at this glow and we learnt that a forest fire was headed towards our resort.
We wonder apprehensively about what will happen to the traffic as the economy expands, and ever more people switch from two wheels to four.
Tessa's tone was cool and aloof, but Rogers could sense the apprehensive undertone.
The only time you get a bit apprehensive is when plans need to be set in stone. The Sun
It would be surprising if the Pope were not a little apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
I sense they are very keen to do well, if a little bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
Our staff report feeling constantly afraid and apprehensive even when they are safe at home.
They were apprehensive about opening it and sent for the Bomb Squad.
This, to us, was a moment fraught with extreme peril — not knowing friend from foe, and instantly apprehensive of the knives and arrows of the avengeful throng. ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE
I'm a bit apprehensive but also rather excited at the prospect of being a locum. Times, Sunday Times
In the first place, she knows not what a mind unapprehensive will do for her, in a state to which all the sex look forwards with high satisfaction. Clarissa Harlowe
I admit I am a bit apprehensive, but I am not sure if I believe in ghosts, although the other girls are quite scared.
She added rouge to her naturally olive-toned cheeks and left her room, apprehensively returning to the dance hall.
She felt more than a little apprehensive coming near him. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
I'm a bit apprehensive but also rather excited at the prospect of being a locum. Times, Sunday Times
It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery and delectable shapes; which, deliverd oer to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. Act IV. Scene III. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth
'I suspect that this lengthy preamble is intended to conceal the poverty of my story, for I am apprehensive. 47 entries from February 2008
Looking apprehensively is something that could happen in any story. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Mnkyking’s Review Forum
First looking at Maria, then back at Erik, the man's weapon hand began to shake apprehensively as he started to take several steps in retreat.
Actually, I know a lot of people who are apprehensive about calling people they don't know on the telephone.
The physician should maintain a gentle and calm demeanor and be considerate of the apprehensive child.
I am apprehensive that she may fall ill.
We'd been a little apprehensive about their visit.
Mademoiselle Avrillion put down her basket and smoothed her skirt, her expression apprehensive. The Last Great Dance on Earth
She felt more than a little apprehensive coming near him. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
You'll feel thankful that such a pristine wilderness exists - and quickly apprehensive for its future. Times, Sunday Times
Margaret tells me that she was apprehensive from the start of the voyage -- and even before. CHAPTER XXXIX
Survey after survey showed the public to be increasingly apprehensive about the broadcast.
I'm excited and a bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times
This apprehensiveness became a mania which controlled them even in their sleep. In a Far Country

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