How to Use apprehensive in a Sentence

apprehensive

adjective

• 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 two men were in São Paulo on business from the United States and felt a bit apprehensive.
  — Bloomberg.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Even my friend — who was apprehensive about the small plane — remarked how pleasant the flight felt.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2024
• Butler was released last year from San Quentin State Prison, scared and apprehensive and in need of a job.
  — Janie Har, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
• 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
• The Angels would have allowed Ohtani to play until the end of the season but Ohtani became apprehensive.
  — Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• 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
• While at least several Eagles seemed apprehensive about the team’s trip to Brazil for the 2024 season opener, that didn’t stop the trip from happening.
  — NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
• In 2008, the national consumer mood was gloomy and apprehensive.
  — Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024