How to Use feared in a Sentence
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The show makes its final U.S. stop at the National Gallery without feared protests.
—Aruna D’souza, New York Times, 19 July 2023
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Salemme's 2018 trial became a flashback to the days when the mob was a feared and powerful force in New England.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
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Salemme’s 2018 trial became a flashback to the days when the mob was a feared and powerful force in New England.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
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Here’s the rub, though: Oreste stayed in town and became the deeply feared and ruthless head of a local mob that essentially rules the Sanità area.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
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At least 79 people died when a vessel carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank, Greek authorities said Wednesday — with as many as hundreds more feared missing.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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During the preceding months, McCarthy, whose anti-Communist bromides had made him among the most feared and powerful figures in Congress, had suffered a calamitous decline in fortunes.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2022
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Prior to greening’s arrival, the pathogen was so feared that the U.S. Department of Agriculture classified it as a potential bioterrorism weapon that could be used against the nation’s agricultural sector.
—Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Mar. 2023
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DDoS attacks are among the most feared and notorious challenges to cyber security integrity.
—Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
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The feared collapse of the teetering property giant is unlikely to hobble China's financial services sector.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2021
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