How to Use apprehensive in a Sentence

apprehensive

adjective
Definition of apprehensivenext
Synonyms for apprehensivenext
  • I'm fully apprehensive of the options, I assure you.
  • No one is apprehensive about the football side of things.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 6 June 2019
  • The news comes at a time when investors are already apprehensive about the stock.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Thus, leaders tend to be apprehensive about how to act and what to say.
    — Arthi Rabikrisson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Etheridge was apprehensive about playing with the boys at first.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The tone of his voice has turned from excited to apprehensive.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • Police noted the man seemed a bit apprehensive in showing the rest of his house to police.
    — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • For those who are apprehensive about jumping on the scales, the airline says there is nothing to fear.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
  • From the start, Reeves was apprehensive about his chances of winning.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Now you’re apprehensive just to go outside your house at night.
    — Laura McKnight, nola.com, 19 June 2019
  • His siblings Matt and Misty were apprehensive but hoped for the best.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Since some are apprehensive about seeing doctors, the bear clinic is there to help.
    — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Johnson is apprehensive about the idea of becoming well-known because of the show, and wants to turn the attention back to the team.
    — Alicia Rancilio, Chron, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Harper lingers on the edge of the darkness, looking alert, apprehensive.
    — Jordan Kisner, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And, as the young cashier explained with a slightly apprehensive look, neither did the doughnut shop.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • But investors are apprehensive about the long-term horizon.
    — Robert Pear, New York Times, 6 May 2018
  • But experts and authorities in some states are a apprehensive about how the program might play out.
    — Alana Abramson, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2018
  • People are more and more apprehensive to go to Meijer or a big box grocery store right now.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2020
  • If the manager was apprehensive, the players would be, too.
    — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, 16 June 2018
  • But that takes more time and labor and may not be as reassuring to an apprehensive public.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • For those who are hyped and maybe a little apprehensive about tomorrow, no need to worry.
    — Sarah Elsesser, ajc, 12 Oct. 2017
  • She’s got another trip planned to Greece in a few weeks but is apprehensive about going to the airport again.
    — Kelvin Chan and Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2022
  • She's got another trip planned to Greece in a few weeks but is apprehensive about going to the airport again.
    — Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
  • Steve was also a little apprehensive because of his job.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2019
  • The musicians wind them up as the audience grows curious and then a bit apprehensive.
    — David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In the past, many people were apprehensive about seeking shelter for fear of getting the virus, thereby putting them at greater risk from the storm.
    — Kyla Mandel, Time, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The girls said they were offered candy, became apprehensive and fled.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Then officials have to confront a new quandary: how to steer an apprehensive public back to mass transit.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The creators caution, though, that there’s nothing to be apprehensive about.
    — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The prospect of those changes left some families apprehensive about their children’s options.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018

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