afraid for
idiom
: feeling fear or worry about (something or someone)
I'm afraid for the children.
They were afraid for their lives.
He's afraid for his job.
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Weston added that nearly three dozen other patients on the floor may have been afraid for their lives and had their medical treatment interrupted during the incident.
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
And then with backgrounds in improv and documentaries, not being afraid for the story to unfold and not to interfere with it at all.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The brothers’ defense attorneys argued the brothers were afraid for their lives after experiencing years of abuse, especially at the hands of their father.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Vera Kelly, 65, was afraid for her neighbors, including relatives, in her mobile home community in Cascades Village in Leon County who stayed behind and didn’t want to evacuate.
—NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
And then with backgrounds in improv and documentaries, not being afraid for the story to unfold and not to interfere with it at all.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The brothers’ defense attorneys argued the brothers were afraid for their lives after experiencing years of abuse, especially at the hands of their father.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
Vera Kelly, 65, was afraid for her neighbors, including relatives, in her mobile home community in Cascades Village in Leon County who stayed behind and didn’t want to evacuate.
—NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Afraid for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afraid%20for. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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