How to Use fear for in a Sentence

fear for

phrasal verb

• Distribution from the pier has been challenged by aid groups’ fears for their workers’ safety as the war’s staggering number of civilian casualties continues to climb.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• The driver feared for her life and got out of the vehicle.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
• Lives were lost and the vice president was in fear for his life.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024
• The actions left the plaintiff in fear for her safety, if not her life, the suit said.
  — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
• But inspired stand-ups shouldn’t fear for their jobs — yet.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• There is shock, grief, fear for the future, worry, anger.
  — Dede Henley, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• But could Lyle and Erik Menendez have truly been in fear for their lives that night?
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
• Police said the officer feared for his life and shot Omtvedt.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
• After a brief struggle, the cousin took the weapon from his would-be assailant and pulled the trigger out of fear for his life.
  — Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
• Facts: Client fled her home country with her minor child out of fear for her life.
  — Lourdes Casanova, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• The motorist did not want to show up at the scene to identify the shooter out of fear for his safety.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2024
• But teachers do not sign up — should not sign up — for fear: fear for their safety.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Nov. 2023
• If the agent who opened fire on the would-be thieves feared for his life, or the life of someone else, he would have been justified in the shooting.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
• In 1932, fearing for the safety of his daughter and grandson, Trotsky told them to go to Berlin.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• Abraham said he was forced to cancel his flight back to Israel out of fear for his safety.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
• The teller feared for their safety and complied with the demands, Elk Grove police said.
  — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
• The main fear for markets of all stripes is that the new French government drives the country deeper into debt.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
• Hayes' defense said that Smith feared for his life and was acting in self-defense by shooting Smith.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• Gómez Trejo moved to the U.S. with his wife and child, fearing for his family’s safety.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• But on the other, the superstition surrounding the Madden curse has struck a bit of fear for some in the 49er faithful.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
• The larger fear for Japan is deflation, when prices keep falling.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 19 June 2024
• Scorpions can be a fear for many people due to their pincers, stingers and venom.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
• The woman ran into her house, fearing for her life, according to the report.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
• In the aftermath, Love feared for his career, his health, his public persona.
  — Katie Dupere, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
• Many in Israel are fearing for the future of their families and country.
  — WSJ, 14 Oct. 2023
• On the witness stand, Moss and Freeman described fearing for their lives as hateful messages poured in.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2023
• According to her remarks to detectives, the woman feared for her safety and locked herself and her son in the child’s room, but Gomez broke through the door.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
• These days, people on both sides tell stories of being called vile names or fearing for their safety.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 7 May 2024
• And because few have a pathway to legal status in the U.S., the greatest fear for many is being deported.
  — Céline Gounder, STAT, 17 May 2024
• Florida's Bird Key island was put on sale for $31.5 million recently, leaving nature lovers fearing for the fate of the centuries-old wildlife retreat.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024