How to Use fear for in a Sentence

fear for

phrasal verb

• 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
• Ex-Illinois deputy shot Sonya Massey out of fear for his life.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 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
• Now these Haitian immigrants fear for their lives, and for the lives of their children.
  — Roxane Gay, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 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
• But Trump’s pledge to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers makes him, as a Black man, fear for his life and for the lives of his three sons.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
• Some Haitian families have kept their kids home from school out of fear for their safety, while other community members have reported having the windows of their cars smashed in, the Haitian Times reported.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024