How to Use apprehensive in a Sentence

apprehensive

adjective
Definition of apprehensivenext
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  • I'm fully apprehensive of the options, I assure you.
  • Thus, leaders tend to be apprehensive about how to act and what to say.
    — Arthi Rabikrisson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • His siblings Matt and Misty were apprehensive but hoped for the best.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The news comes at a time when investors are already apprehensive about the stock.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • From the start, Reeves was apprehensive about his chances of winning.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • No one is apprehensive about the football side of things.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 6 June 2019
  • Etheridge was apprehensive about playing with the boys at first.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • When the building went up for sale in the summer of 2019, tenants were apprehensive of what might come next.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2021
  • The tone of his voice has turned from excited to apprehensive.
    — Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Now you’re apprehensive just to go outside your house at night.
    — Laura McKnight, nola.com, 19 June 2019
  • But Schnurr's video is short on specifics, and that has made some apprehensive about what Beacons of Light will mean for their parishes and schools.
    — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2021
  • About two-thirds of Black and Latino adults were apprehensive about Covid rates, compared with about four in 10 white adults.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 16 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
  • Wishy, who works out of Evansville and is from New York, was initially apprehensive.
    — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Harper lingers on the edge of the darkness, looking alert, apprehensive.
    — Jordan Kisner, New York Times, 1 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • Yet only eight cats have been spotted in the U.S. in the last 30 years, and many are apprehensive about adding to this designation.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Since some are apprehensive about seeing doctors, the bear clinic is there to help.
    — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Many in Newtown are apprehensive about the rush of media that comes to town every anniversary of the shooting.
    — Dave Collins, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • If the manager was apprehensive, the players would be, too.
    — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, 16 June 2018
  • While his mom was a bit more apprehensive about Frankel's pursuit of acting, his father gave him hope.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The color scheme turns bleak and gray as the wounded deer (along with the apprehensive reader) waits for the wolves to deliver the coup de grâce—at which point the story takes a happy turn.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The creators caution, though, that there’s nothing to be apprehensive about.
    — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • In July, after a few weeks of testing and demos with the more apprehensive housemates, the house met and agreed that the Microcovid system was ready for use.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 12 Jan. 2021

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