I was paralyzed with fear and couldn’t answer. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dr. Atchley really feels that way, too, despite the fear of temptation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Lemures or Larvae were the spirits of the wicked dead and were greatly feared. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My only fear was that one day Coach Whit would lead us on the wrong route—the route that went past the sporting goods store, where I was probably a wanted fugitive. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They were like Amon Goeth’s dogs—they could smell fear on you, and they liked nothing better than to attack when you were at your weakest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Free to feel whatever he felt—fear, guilt, shame, love, grief, pity. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As they first began to expand their territory on the mainland, since they did not have much to control there and enjoyed great prestige, they had little to fear from their captains. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In their line of work, fear had a physical presence. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horrible fear filled Lyra’s body, and Pantalaimon nestled close against her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Molly, fearing the reappearance of his viral pneumonia, summoned a doctor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There were riots there, and men tumbled olT the piers, pushed by crowds; wealth would not deign to pass through those quarters, for fear of what was yelled and what was thrown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taisin began to tense up; she had a dreadful fear that she knew what the Queen was about to say. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Something about her fear seemed to register with it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they’re scared for the fear to become real. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But now it is your luck to come with me, I fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After some time of this, François threw down the club, thinking that Buck feared a thrashing. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My lords, it seems to me that if the rest of her kin were to remain loyal in this terrible time, that would go a long way toward laying our fears to rest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Still clutching the avocados, he knelt by Katie’s bed and sobbed out his fear and worry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The narrow sea would still lie between us. I shall fear the Dothraki the day they teach their horses to run on water." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not being an escaped slave, Tyrion need not fear being caught. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had no fear about what the police or National Guard would do when the Klansmen fired the first shots. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most terrible of all was the roar coming from the center of the earth, that hard-breathing giant that was heard at length, filling the air with fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my certain knowledge, many people conceal experiences for fear of ridicule. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lord Arryn was a prudent man, but I fear that His Grace does not always listen to wise counsel." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As night fell and the light of the fire began to shine out brightly he began to tell them tales to keep their minds from fear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The hate and fear of his fellow prisoners, the bloodletting and the terrifying roars of the crowd above, had become part of him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Those who know of your existence fear you will. Which is why you must get away as fast as possible and never—ever—return to these parts.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the children did not taunt him or shout at him as they should for he carried a little cloud of fear about with him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of how some men feared being out of sight of land in a small boat and knew they were right in the months of sudden bad weather. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved fast, back the way I had come, and I was reluctant to camp for fear there might be some unofficial non-government bears about. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In murky images, his horse would spiral into the ground, carrying Tommy under him, and Helen would wake into a life striated with fear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence feared that the failure at Y-12 would destroy the army’s confidence in the entire bomb project, with billions of dollars—indeed, the entire war effort—hanging in the balance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They harboured a twisted fear and hatred of urban blacks; they knew nothing of black solidarity, relishing only the sense of raw power being a policeman gave them over their own kind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the pace to cross the town square, staring straight ahead, wiping the fear off my face, fighting the tears that edge into the corners of my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Turns out, my need to find a cure for nightmares outweighs my fear of maniacs. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But the bicycle incentive was great, and there was always the fear that a younger brother or sister would skip and land in your class. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I remember thinking how much I would have loved for that to have been my life, how much I would have loved to have a past apart from the fear. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This occasioned the subject discomfort only; and we feared that the vital juices would cease circulation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fear that I was in it kept buzzing through me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He felt the same fear now that he had then. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But her eyes are dilated with fear, and when I speak, she doesn’t respond except to say with ever-increasing urgency, “Tick, tock.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was fear that lay ahead of him, that lurked hiding from him or waiting for him among the slopes and forests of the island, and straight for it he steered. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Liam and I must have had the same thought—the same scorching fear—because we pushed to our feet, shouting for her to stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I feared I might handicap him, stunt the speech blooming in his brain, and that Lelia would provide the best example of how to speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch vehemently denied that a fear of getting caught and a desire to save his own life played any role in destroying Hitler's secret attack on America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Not because her behavior justified his jealousy, but it relieved that awful fear inside him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I fear that if I ask, I will make Chou and Kim sadder than they already are. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What do I need, to overcome my fears? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their laughter and cheers rose up around George, and the fear he’d felt in the baggage hold faded away. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He feared he would die as they had died. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I felt a wave of irrational guilt and fear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white man at Mr. Dalton’s side was squinting at him; he felt that tight, hot, choking fear returning. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the whole village saw witches and devils everywhere, and fear lived in every cottage. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a momentary twinge of fear that we were going to fall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve probably noticed I’m shaking all over. I’m practically passing out from fear,” Bull said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None could find you . . . the guards had not seen you and we feared . . .” “You feared the King of the City of Bright Moonlight had been spirited away?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I am sweating like a tamal, with fear of the crossing and of the heat. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The answers seemed to confirm her fears: Day told her that Henrietta hadn’t seemed sick at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to turn around to see the fear and hurt in his eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I fear I am the worst of soldiers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

‘About an hour ago, just before you saw us. A message came: Nazgûl uneasy. Spies feared on Stairs. Double vigilance. Patrol to head of Stairs. I came at once.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For a moment Sam caught a glitter in the black stones of their eyes, the very malice of which made him quail; but slowly he felt their will waver and crumble into fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The lights lift in the fear landscape room, revealing Marlene in a crouch, her face streaked with tears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the smile changed to a spasm of hurt, fear and then hate when she saw Katie with him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, there was the fear of the unknown— I still didn’t understand why Cherry’s attorney had contacted me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He fears he will throw up if he eats one bite. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Natal, fear of violence and intimidation kept many of our voters at home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole family walked around in fear for a while. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is weakness, to put fear above ambition, above family, above love, but it feels good. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boar gasped for breath and ran on fear and rage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old fear began to pump, coating my insides with heat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But with the further coming of spring the city became filled with the unrest of fear. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Every villager’s statement held the same feeling: fear. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There is the part that makes you improve yourself—makes you practice controlling your fear and jealousy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, Maddie, doggedly coping with her own private hell of rational or irrational fear, did not even notice Queenie’s change of direction as she headed toward the cry for help. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Will had no fear for the knife, because Iorek was clearly a craftsman of the highest accomplishment; nor for Iorek himself, because of the delicacy of movement in those mighty paws. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Sunny and I meet for lunch in the cafeteria, I'm suddenly gripped by fear. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dogs howl with fear when witch animals come around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is fear like if someone lost his glasses and went to the glasses store and they told him that the world had run out of glasses and he would just have to do without. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as he laid eyes on her, saw the identical fear in her eyes, he’d recognize her from the temple. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the days passed and there was no sign of Edmond or Isaac I had to fight the unbearable fear that always lurked at the back of my mind. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re welcome, she replied, hoping it couldn’t sense her returning fear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My father cringed a little for fear he would touch the place where my skull had been removed, but it was fine. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Then I fear we are too late. God’s will be done!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He wondered if other kids held back for fear of being gleaned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He stood frozen with fear, probably straining all those math brain cells to calculate how big a wedgie he’d just earned himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Her mind was all on him, and she didn’t see the confusion behind her, the fear and the anger that rose up safely when he was gone. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her fear was something useless that only hampered her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's not easy to nap, though my head is tired from all the noise not just in this outside world, but also inside me, where my heart is yammering with fear and confusion. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Trueba proceeded to explain to him the various clauses of the marriage contract, which did a great deal to assuage the Frenchman’s fears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t know which is stronger, the excitement or the fear. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas didn’t move, his gaze locked on the girl, frozen in fear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, who was generous and honest, had never for a moment resented Hazel’s courage on the night when his own superstitious fear had got the better of him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t stand up yet for fear of a tent, so I put all my effort in trying not to cry. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Exactly, Eliot, exactly like a wedding ring. Only with no fear of losing it in the dishwater.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had never observed such a creature, for, whether from shame or fear, I had ignored the madmen and the poor who lived among us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He’s helpless on the cot, his eyes wide with fear. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even though Charles had not written about human beings in his book, it was front and center, as he had feared. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid to kill him for the same reason that had kept him from killing her, fear of Zeus and the Furies who pursue such murderers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a voice reflecting doubt, fear, and an unmistakable desire to be loved, I sounded not like a thoughtful college professor but, rather, like a high-strung twelve-year-old girl; someone named Brittany. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I reached my arms around my chest, my palms fear- slick against my ribs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Are we rabbits? Are we to fear those Cauldron slaves?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was hot and sweaty, the kind of sweat that smells like fear. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They pried into your mind, using fear or anger or longing to influence you. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Emotions ran high, driven by fear of the unknown. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Papa’s eyes widened in fear as we got closer to the crowd. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I remember I used to be afraid of needles, but with every blood draw and IV drip, that fear slowly drifted away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Olakunde no longer bailed, for fear of the element roiling all around him; he gripped the gunwales and sat inclined as if the dinghy barreled down a slope. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I missed my parents, and without them by my side, I feared what the future would bring. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such scenarios resonate with contemporary ecological fears, helping to make them popular outside the academy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“God will act in His own way and time. Do not fear, and do not rejoice as yet; for what we wish for at the moment may be our undoings.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The strike broke out two weeks later and it did not have the dramatic consequences that had been feared. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had shut his eyes, his face turned away from his arm, but his worst fears were realized as the people above him gasped and Colin Creevey began clicking away madly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Part of me feared, dear child, that you would never reply at all. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was panicking now: He could see no way out, and it was easier, as his fear mounted, to block out Voldemort’s thoughts, though his scar was still burning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We had little choice, though, but to push the fears away, continuing to trust the structure set up to protect us and to simply live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sadly, this fear was shared by some of their own constituents and supporters who believed that the union of both would weaken or detract from the strength of each movement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Kerala, they breathed a plume of excitement and fear into the already frightened air. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And later, I had watched her stomach grow rounder and her face become longer with fear and worry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having spent so much time in Mason’s white environment, I had always believed and feared that dancing involved a certain order or pattern of specific steps—as dancing is done by whites. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For fear of his psychiatrist who was also their censor, they could never be sensual, or even emotional. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter felt a sudden bolt of fear, because she knew exactly what he intended: he was going to sacrifice himself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Amelia greedily eyed the fish, which, fearing the worst was about to happen, made itself as limp as it could in Mary Poppins’s hand. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I feared the crows and jays who wait on my mother would have long ago pitched you from their nest, but you are safely fledged, I see,” he said teasingly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I began thinking about what would happen if we all just acknowledged our brokenness, if we owned up to our weaknesses, our deficits, our biases, our fears. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The future Reverend, skidding on his heels, rigid with fear, applied his terrified lips to the ring on the Patriarch’s middle finger, leaving it wet with spit. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone, I sit up, choking on my own fear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He moved as swiftly as he could without breaking into a run, fearing his resolution might dissolve if he slowed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Suffering had finally succeeded in penetrating to my very soul and established within my consciousness a certain fear of living. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Temp and Tick seemed almost comatose from fear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fear that to-morrow will end our watching, for the shock has been too great; the poor child cannot rally. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her eyes spill over with tears, her fear palpable. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In our family, because none of us fear Meng, this role falls to Khouy, who is not easily dissuaded by our charms or excuses. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt no fear of him, and but little shyness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And all that foolishness and fear over the leg chain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange concoction of fear and anxiety pushed into his bones, bled through his skin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The American public got a slight taste of the fear which overshadows the people of Europe constantly.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Love is not what you fear, is it? You fear the loss of it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The little boy’s face was pale with fear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feared that every Danish ship that entered port carried the minions who would seize me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The monsters were still there, but the fear was gone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What he meant, I am sure, is that he had been under an enchantment that had now lifted, though I daresay he did not dare use those precise words for fear of being thought insane. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, I would. I know all about fear.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered that whenever Deborah spoke of Royal, a fear deep within him listened and waited. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

His function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt toward an individual than toward an organization. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In the warm rush of pride that welled up in her, Kit forgot her fear. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer fear that their dear voices will pull me home. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“For the purposes of this exercise, though, each of you will only face one of my fears, to get a sense for how the simulation works.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There had been little publicity about the actual time, and because of this there was no crowd waiting, as I had feared and expected. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I fear there will be greater difficulties to preserve our Union,” Adams warned, “than You and I, our Fathers Brothers Disciples and Sons have had to form it.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I thought I was filled up with fear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I flushed without fear of falling into a pit of smelly waste. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth were long and sharp, but there was nothing to fear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I must not put my memories and my fear on him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d sit in fear, knowing that any minute she would start spraying, and there would be the risk of her spittle landing on my cheek. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Eleanor felt, as she had the day before, that the conversation was being skillfully guided away from the thought of fear, so very present in her own mind. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not daring to glance at them, I went out of the library, fearing that the woman would call me back for further questioning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was fear there—he was still very worried about Koffi—but there was also undeniable joy, a profound relief. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Between the two faces there stretched a darkness and a mystery that John feared, and that sometimes caused him to hate her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So now I was a racist homosexual who feared all young black men. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a disgusted shake of his head Mr. Curtain exclaimed, “Children! Am I supposed to fear unarmed children? No doubt they’re in cahoots with my prisoner. Unlikely agents, but no matter—they’ll soon join him.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the jar, I felt a strange sense of fear, but I had no idea why. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now...She felt the brachy’s whole attention on her, its fear transforming into something different, hope maybe. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Running from broken house to dumped cooking pot to icebox, she felt needles of fear move up her spine, spread into her arms, and pierce her whole body. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite scientists’ fears, the ethical crackdown didn’t slow scientific progress. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And there was Frodo, pale and worn, and yet himself again; and in his eyes there was peace now, neither strain of will, nor madness, nor any fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I try to narrow down her fears to the very worst one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was shaking, but not from cold—from fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles comfortingly at Carmen, whose smile back is a grimace of fear. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My neighbors feared they would lose all their olive trees in the flood, and my wife was afraid that we would lose our children. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is nothing but an awful spasm of fear, a simple animal fear of poking out my head and crawling on farther. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tison testified that he feared for his life, citing 27 years of law enforcement experience in support of his ability to detect a genuine threat. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Women had been kept in purdah, schools and bridges had been blown up, businesses had closed, and the people of Swat had lived with constant fear. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was terror in his voice, the same fear she'd heard in the Dominican Republic before they left. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then, when Maurice failed to disengage himself immediately, I feared that out of politeness he would ask Rosy to join us for tea. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

By picturing the fear in Viju’s eyes, though, he managed it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, his voice soft, gripped in the fear of the unknown. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Down in the basement are the functions our remote ancestors mainly depended on— aggression, child-rearing, fear, sex, the willingness to follow leaders blindly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed I would not faint from fear and tried again for the captain’s attention. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear landscape will register my slowing heartbeat and my even breath and it will move on to the next obstacle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“She assured me that my worst fears were unfounded,” Hayflick said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For a few weeks I feared that my father might marry her, but nothing happened between them that way, then or ever. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear was that in the end, even the United States would be overrun by Communists. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Because of that “phobia and ignorance,” Southam wrote, he didn’t tell patients the cells were cancerous because he didn’t want to cause any unnecessary fear. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Regret washed down through me, flooding out even my anxiety and fear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In order to allay any fears his clients might have about his political leanings, he had altered his name slightly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it. Come, I'll help you gather up the maps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The puppies peered over the edge of the open box, their faces filled with fear. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Sticky atoms are caused by love, or sometimes by hate or fear. The knackery has a hard time breaking down love and hate into anything else.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

These were the men I feared—the ones who dug and dug and dug—single-minded and deliberate. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Washington shrewdly noted, the invisible ink would not only make “communications less exposed to detection” but also would “relieve the fears” of agents carrying the innocent-looking messages. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t want her to feel frightened, to feel the fear that is now tightening my muscles, tensing my spine, pulling me so taut that I’m certain I would break if touched. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as she glanced at Ron, Harry realized that it was fear: He had scared her with his talk of living with dead people. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My stomach was squeezing itself into a hard knot of fear. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Civilian Conservation Corps planted millions of kuzu seedlings to fight soil loss, a major fear in the era of the Dust Bowl. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was breathing faster, and he could feel the fear surge over him with each beat of his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So he bit back his fears and misgivings, and kept his eyes and ears open, taking in everything that happened around him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Some people will always fear change. But we can’t indulge them.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Today I was stiff and sober, hyperaware of the noise and the light and fear of discovery. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the firelight her lips and her eyes were alive with her fear. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times, though, I feared the visits from any other adults who would come to talk to Mother, Papa, and Grandma about what was going on outside our community. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the column came trotting from the fields, the sentries stared at them with more curiosity than fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the presence of such dangers, avoided with such skill but with difficulty, it seems to us impossible not to fear some sort of catastrophe in the future. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the fear of the Black Riders came suddenly over them again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though I moved through high school like a puppy lost in a coyote den, I had less fear of adults. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And for some reason, his feared lack of genius made him miss K-19 more than he had since his face was pressed flat against his bedroom carpet. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I think of Ethan’s hand on my arm and the fear in his eyes when he let go. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And no one need fear that the numbers are being cooked either, since they appear in the prestigious Wall Street Journal, as well as in more plebeian papers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suspended between fear of the past and fear of the future, I recorded the dream in my journal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man’s face showed no pain or fear, or any sign of awareness that he’d been wounded at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I fear what will happen in James Town this winter, with its overcrowding and lack of food. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Charlie and Mom would never be harmed, would never have to fear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The simulation measures your fear response,” I say softly I’m just repeating what he told us, but reminding him might help him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He paused for only a moment and mopped his brow, the heart within him great with fear and trembling, and with power. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I shall never forget the fear and wonder that I felt at the bravery of that weasel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My anger, chased away by fear, came slinking back. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was compelled to get up; her muscles would not obey her own commands; and when she was standing before him she trembled from fear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is he going to do? she wondered, her fear growing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I like it in the down under, got the place all to myself and no fear of Gram sticking her head in the door and saying Maxwell dear, what are you doing? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doha feared he already knew the answer to his question. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"My words were courtesy, nothing more. You need not join us. The men of the winterlands are made of iron and ice, and even my boldest knights fear to face them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lavinia’s face showed no fear—only concern over her father’s condition. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But its beating held a twinge of fear, as well. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I entered the church, without fear this time, for it was now my house too. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had feared that he would have barely strength to lift his master alone, and beyond that he had expected to share in the dreadful dragging weight of the accursed Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is easy now to admit my wrongs, even to this proud sister, for I no longer fear the consequences of speaking truth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ever since my father had said delay was possible, I hadn’t dared to make plans for fear of being disappointed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from where I was standing, I could see the fear creeping into Hassan’s eyes, but he shook his head. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the days passed, the family’s fears began to be allayed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he had returned, a murderer, and her fear that he would no longer be himself was realized. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Very good! Have a care it will not be mine! Never fear, you icicle! I have enough to spare!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Angel’s eyelids fluttered, then her eyes rolled in fear as she thrashed her arms wildly, pulling off the oxygen mask and screaming in terror. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence in the arena smelled of fear. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Why had I neglected to consider my fear of heights? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And he feared to make a vow before Heaven until he had the strength to keep it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now he had spoken his name, and emotions, fears, that he had held in check all day surged up through him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had feared that her sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made antihelical trap, might dig up irrelevant results that would foster uncertainty about the correctness of the double helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“They fear me. I suspect that they can see that I am forced to function in a century which I loathe. That was true even when I worked for the New Orleans Public Library.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo thought for a moment, fearing some further trap, and wondering how this debate would turn in the end. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dad had just turned forty when the Feds laid siege to the Weavers, an event that confirmed his worst fears. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A feeling of fear had been growing on him all day, and he was unable to rest or go to bed: there was a brooding threat in the breathless night-air. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Ellidyr’s pride and ambition swallow him up. I fear to think what might happen should the cauldron come into his hands.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I feared that Gebu of yours had done one of those awful things he’s always threatening. The Ancient and I, we didn’t know what had happened.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When we made it to the highway, the adrenaline that streaked through us subsided and our fear was replaced with laughter. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

His voice was dull, flat, only faintly edged with fear. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the air was sharp and cold and full of fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"So you see, there is nothing to fear." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Newspapers would not publish our statements; printing presses refused to print our leaflets, all for fear of prosecution under the Suppression of Communism Act. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing they done that night That filled my heart with fear, They took the ice right off the corpse And put it in the beer. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see if what I guessed and feared was right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something always stopped him: bad luck, a racial barrier, a law, his own vanity or arrogance or fear of losing face. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the boys watched in a kind of hero worship combined with fear and tobacco-buzzed disgust. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have put this book under her pillow for fear of what it might whisper to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

No one looks at me with loathing or fear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen him get a look of anger on his face that could make the toughest sort of hustler fear for his life. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not meet Communists now without feeling a degree of fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of habit, I stick the needle into the side of my neck, the same way I did every time I went through my fear landscape—which was several times a week, at one point. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It is true that a lively fear of Russian intentions and capabilities had settled upon Washington, fueling the expectation that war with the Soviet Union was inevitable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They will fear what they find They will fear the people They kill what they fear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words were innocuous, but that knot of fear tightened, a cold fist now, pressing against her chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Watson and Crick feared that they would wake up one morning, open the pages of an august scientific journal, and find the solved structure of DNA staring back at them. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her weapons, the complete lack of cunning or intelligence even of conviction, in her attacks were enough to drain away any fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling prickles of fear running over my skin, I crawl into her stone home and sit down. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mandela,” he said, “while I know you are a man of your word and would not try to escape, I cannot trust your own people, and we fear that they would try to kidnap you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feared now to hear my own story. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And so with trust and hope, and yet full of fear, we go eastward to meet our friends—and him—whom Madam Mina tell me that she know are coming to meet us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling, the announcement sent through me, was something stronger than was consistent with joy—something that smote and stunned: it was, I think almost fear. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what time it is and am starting to fear that Ollie Mae will be upset that I am getting home later than usual. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to be around the kids for fear that she might say something she would later regret. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I told him to escort the rest of my delegation in first because I feared that when I went in there would be pandemonium and they would be cut off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They seem to be feeling no fear or panic. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Shielding her face with her hands, Lady Constance shrank back in fear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I scramble to follow him, my heart pounding again with a mix of fear and nervousness. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

No one had lived in it for at least five years, not since a series of haunt- ings had made its inhabitants come down with ghost fear that shattered their brains for studying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you did what it wanted, the Whisperer rewarded you by soothing your fears. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not one step back: in a world at war, the fear of Stalin’s directives was a threat more terrifying than dying in battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Doctor Cooper was putting more politics than gospel into his sermons that fall and more fear of‘taxation without representation’ than God into his congregation. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one of the things they had in common, at that time, was a vague and mysterious fear of the old mart called the Professor. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light-skinned Dominican maids feared her, for Haiti was synonymous with voodoo. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed the scene of fear and apprehension before the skinny dame yanked her shade down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

How much are older people respected and feared? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Though he woke up night after night and remembered what he was planning to do, and his mind was blank with fear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The more she thought about that, the more she feared that the woman in the tattered green dress would return and claim them. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna got the uncomfortable impression he was seeing much more than her form - her heat signature, her heart rate, her level of fear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My only fear now is that Ma will not be happy to see me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But look at it in perspective: A scythe wants for nothing in this world. All of your needs and desires would be met, and you’d never have to fear being gleaned.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of hope in her voice, mixed with fear. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeded in childhood, watered every day since, fear had sprouted through her veins all her life. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most of you will have anywhere from ten to fifteen fears in your fear landscapes. That is the average number,” she says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Frodo made no answer, his mind was confused with doubt and fear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen,” the Old-Green-Grasshopper said, trying very hard to keep the fear and disappointment out of his voice, “I am afraid that we find ourselves in a rather awkward situation.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that by myself in the dark, I could give in to the terrible fears that hovered on the edge of my consciousness, unable to break through under Jasper’s careful supervision. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He was telling,” Adam said patiently, and he had to control his breath, for a little fear had begun to press up against his stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly, concealing his fear as best he could; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells her about his travels: the clubbing on top of a train, leaping off to save his life, the hunger, thirst, and fear. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I began gathering up my things slowly, trying to block the anger that filled me, for fear my eyes would tear up. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Moss kept looking to the door, a fear swimming over him, a certainty that at any moment, the cops would burst into the shop and take him away to finish the job. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had been trying to keep fear at bay ever since reaching the Burrow, but now it enveloped him, seeming to crawl over his skin, throbbing in his chest, clogging his throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If fear was a thing and not a feeling, it'd be this head. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Still I held back, for fear of being seen. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He caught her arm and squeezed it in a grip of fear and hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie gasped, anger and fear making her peevish about the other girl’s seemingly limitless talents. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Luna felt her fear expand inside her, like a storm cloud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Reek rode a broken-down stot, all skin and bone and ribs, and he rode her slowly for fear he might fall off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The woman turned toward us, and fear closed around my heart. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t realize how terrified he was of her knowing until the fear is gone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The warmth in her voice somehow reduced my fears of her; her eyes shone with the same gentleness of the Catholic sisters at the clinic. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has urged me to put aside my fears and speak my heart plain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't stop until I was as high as I could possibly go, and there I stayed, quivering with fear. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his captors only meant to let him rot here, but he feared he did not have the strength to rot for long. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Our innocence had been replaced by fear and we had become monsters. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I found my thoughts going back to the time I had gone home without Kevin—the loneliness, the fear, sometimes the hopelessness I had felt then. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't matter what they talked about, for their hushed conversation had only one purpose: to fend off the fear and exhaustion that was weighing down all their limbs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She wants them to know that there is nothing to fear, she wants to offer up a pale white woman horsing with the language to show them it’s fine to mess it all up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Marv turns to look at me, I see the fear crouch down in his eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the flames had licked at Rattleshirt, the ruby at her throat had grown so hot that she had feared her own flesh might start to smoke and blacken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If one is continually surviving the worst that life can bring, one eventually ceases to be controlled by a fear of what life can bring; whatever it brings must be borne. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Inevitably, as Mathew Carey realized, the fear in Philadelphia began to excite “the terror of the inhabitants of all neighboring states.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

If only I could talk to her—surely I could convince her she was wrong to fear me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she felt a tiny stab of fear. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

His fascination with Pet was overshadowed easily by his fear of Pet’s power, of the death chafing just inside it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I fear I shed none, anticipation of coming adventures blotting out remembrance of those past; I fairly trembled with eagerness to reach the shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The old man wrote her name with a shiver of fear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Often it involves overcoming my fears—as it did in this case. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I have fear when this girl would allow me this close? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Will we ever sleep soundly again, with the memories of our fears in our heads? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I’d put in all my time trying to train my mind not to let fear stampede me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he was inside her, fear was derailed and biology took over. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, he replies, “There are enough people who dislike Warcross and the NeuroLink. Not everyone appreciates the new. Many fear it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aisha stopped twisting and stared at her in the mirror, a dead stare, and Ifemelu feared, for a moment, that the woman had clairvoyant powers and could tell she was lying. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My refusals were forgotten—my fears overcome—my wrestlings paralysed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Audrey was trying to shelter Lyra, turning away, trying to move back into the cave, and Mr. Boatwright was trying to help her, and Lyra was screaming in fear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Whether it was a cry of happiness or sadness, relief or fear, Ivy could not say, but perhaps it was all of these at once. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Since his return to Mordor, Sauron had found it useful; for he had few servants but many slaves of fear, and still its chief purpose as of old was to prevent escape from Mordor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re crew,” Nailer said, trying to keep his voice from showing fear. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now at night, I held you and a great fear, wide as all our American generations, took me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The previous evening, at Warings, he had said to her, ‘You need not fear that Charles will ever beat a disadvantage in this house. I shall not make any difference between the boys.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He never told her that he feared he might go under. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"A thousand lovely knights," she said, "but not the sort my enemies need fear. And my bullocks cannot carry me across the water, I—why are we stopping?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He thought about why this kid would have a fear of fire, and why Hazel would be so attuned to those feelings. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Wait," Lu said, clearly fearing that his meal would be held up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Herold was a good enough navigator during the daylight, but not under cloak of darkness, and not haunted by the fear of capture. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fear for my son, learning to be a man from such men. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because, though I knew Arul was right that we had nothing to fear from the dead, a part of me was still scared a ghost might float by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Over a period of months, the feared black rhino had killed over a hundred people. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Luke could still feel the weight of it in his hand when they went running back into the woods, his entire body shaking with either fear or excitement. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I whispered, confusion and fear tying my tongue. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tryouts were a time of fear for any boy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fear was not such a foolish thing, grandchildren. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to hold them back, but tears of fear and worry began to escape from his tightly clenched eyes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba says if we lie as still as dead people, perhaps our fears will be still too and let us sleep. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amaroq’s ears went forward aggressively and she remembered that wide eyes meant fear to him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the final ingredient: the heartbeat of the chained god - chaos, violence and fear of mortality.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We could do that, it turned out, without much fear of discovery. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Two things compounded my fears: There are a lot of bearded men in Peshawar, and everybody stares. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We posted Olakunde as a guard with him, saying he should not be safe alone; though in truth fearing that he sought an occasion to flee us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I would have let fear lead me around by the long way. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And here I was, my heart skipping beats out of fear that the fairy-tale princess sitting next to me was going to have me put down like a rabid dog. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Now she fears that something will happen to them and she will be too far away to comfort or help. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He tried to clear his mind of worry and the fear of death. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

From every side they came and sought the pit with rustling cries; and I grew sick with fear. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My biggest fear is that something I’ve done or said will cause us to be killed. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

We raced around a corner—my fleeting fear of heights now apparently gone—and were confronted by a smooth wall of rock, fifty feet high at least. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She cried loudly, hoping someone would hear, and quietly, fearing the same thing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It began to stretch, and fearing that it might break, I walked forward, yet I made him pull me every step. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there, then, at last, Jonathan understood that his father’s fear had not been for himself. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The blast knocked several people over, and cries of fear and pain filled the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Baby Kochamma’s fear lay rolled up on the car floor like a damp, clammy cheroot. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I fear that you will ignore my advice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying hard to get in a lick with my club but couldn’t for fear of hitting Little Ann. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger sat stolidly, trying not to let the crowd detect any fear in him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle in Birmingham, even if our motives are at present misunderstood. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He learned through fear to keep his mind every instant upon his work, not only because of Pai’s wrath, but because of the painful scrapes and gouges inflicted on his hands by the slightest inattention. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They seemed the embodiment of the kind of young thug feared by nearly all urban-dwellers, and the mysterious gunman who shot them down seemed like an avenging angel. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill the pony started in fear, and Sam sprang to his side and whispered softly to him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ruthie gives me a pitying look before taking off back down the hall, to a meal that I am beginning to fear I may never get to enjoy. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

For the next few months I lived in fear of my momma, and I never let her give me another bath. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Of all the stone-throwers, not one had dared to speak a word for the girl for fear that she would be tarred with Joanna’s brush. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were torn apart by disease, drugs and alcohol, pride, fear, and anger. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jonathan felt the men around him shift uneasily, sensing the fear that had settled over the group like a suffocating blanket. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile, contemptible act. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The singing filled his ears; it was complete, self- contained, and it mocked his fear and loneliness, his deep yearning for a sense of wholeness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His animosity was all for Snape, but he had not forgotten the fear in Malfoy’s voice on that tower top, nor the fact that he had lowered his wand before the other Death Eaters arrived. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As it developed, they had nothing to fear though: Bobby lost every game that night. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘When the memory of the fear and the darkness troubles you,’ she said, ‘this will bring you aid.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Between the two of us, there was only breathing and whispered fears about what had happened to the others—to Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how much she actually remembered from what happened, but I wasn’t about to confirm any of her fears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For my hope was founded on a fat man in Bree; and my fear was founded on the cunning of Sauron. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It pushed the anxiety and fear away, and it pumped through his veins. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “We don’t fear our own deaths, you and I.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His reluctance, his fear, his terror, it all slid away in that instant. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The GAC had reached the conclusion that the intensified test schedule really was placing insupportable pressure on Los Alamos; sooner or later, Oppenheimer feared, the workload would erode the quality of the lab’s product. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We passed other boats and ships of small draught, but all avoided challenge for fear of tampering with privateers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her old fears of the Revolution and the Marxist-Leninist menace had been rekindled by new television worries about the growing numbers of desperate and dispossessed people. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take risks in their domain that others fear making. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"Tell him we're shameful mean, and rough as a sackful of nails. Warn him we fear no gallows!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though there was nothing in his mind but horror and fear of its touch, the cold black pain that drained his life away, yet he waited, unmoving. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Satchmo Jenkins feared he might be eaten by a dog on his way home. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The latter were extremely well known about Harlem, and they were feared and respected. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And each time you left it, each time your child passed out of your sight, you feared you might never be able to return to that place again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A giant tidal wave of fear washed over me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everything was messed up, a bigger mess than before, and she felt all mixed up with fear and anger. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her mouth and eyes were hinged open, fixed in fear. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Despite his haste, his panic, his fear of what awaited him back in the bathroom, he could not help but be overawed by what he was looking at. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He spotted Newt and called to him, trying to suppress his rising fear, telling himself things would be okay, that there had to be a reasonable explanation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It is as we feared, then, Urvashi. Everything we saw....It is him.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just to see them made me know my worst fears had come true: a hue and cry had been raised against me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something like fear or, indecision crept into the bear’s eyes as the cat advanced; she shuffled back a step with lowered head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his fear is one he cannot even be sure is generous; perhaps mere desire that his name and fame live on. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fear of me makes me sick to my stomach. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was to put as much distance between you and that blinding fear as possible. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Still, I couldn’t help thinking there was more to it, that the whiskered little fellow was having an experience of his own—which might include digestion in a critter’s stomach if Stargirl’s fears came true. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the marsh, a place that had held such fascination and fun and fear for me, and placed my feet at the edge of the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

To all the things I have avoided out of fear of getting sicker, only to find myself lying here anyway, about to go into another surgery I might not come out of. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he was shrinking, as though his fear was boiling up inside him and he was melting away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

This cat, with the small flames dancing in its oblique eyes, was perhaps seeing the pageant of its past eight lives, reviewing them with an animal's stoicism, beyond hope or fear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fear I turned to the Professor; to my consternation, however, he was not there. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now the new fear that was stifling her broke from her lips in an anguished whisper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of damp dwarfs, numb with fear, waiting for the world to end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the hope that it might be an illusion kept Annabeth from passing out from fear. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As much as she feared the cliff and the climbing she must learn to do, Claire feared the sea more. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It hurts hearing her vocalize my fear—that people might not look at me the way they look at her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

With fear giving her speed, she ran along the narrow trail, her dæmon as an owl on silent wings beside her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He turned his head in fear and revulsion as the enchantress gave him a kindly pat on the cheek. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Frail-looking, delicately boned, the young man would not have wanted to be a soldier and in his heart would have feared performing badly in battle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the beast padded forward and sniffed at the captive knight, every man in that hall could smell the scent of fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I went through my fear landscape. I wanted to see if it had changed.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only Becky was allowed to serve her because of Madam’s fear of the demons she claimed inhabited Ruth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also stayed away from hotels and guesthouses, where he feared he would be asked to show identification. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Through a haze of rain and pain he dived for the shimmering, sneering face below him and saw its eyes widen with fear: Malfoy thought Harry was attacking him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She had large eyes which sometimes were full of remembered fear. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she held them, she remembered the powerful wanting she had felt in that dusty store, and the feeling of it was mixed up with fear and shame and darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stood staring at him, not with anger now, but with surprise—and fear. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the face of one who has been assailed by a great fear or anguish, but has mastered it and now is quiet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She understands the fear for his people that makes a coward of him, so that, that night when I attacked her, he would not lift a finger to preserve her. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old feelings of fear began to churn within me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

An immediate, instinctive fear hits the back of my stomach at the sight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Initially we were hesitant to discuss the double helix with her, fearing the testiness of our previous encounters. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They weren’t sure whether what had just happened represented a training infraction or not, but they feared it might. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to duck his threshing fists or at least to make them ineffective, but at last fear overcame her and she tried to run. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The incident confirmed my fears that Mommy was always in danger. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have to stop to let some root men pass, for fear they might step on us if we didn’t keep out of their way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Something that will strike fear into my very bones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Stupid dream,” she muttered, as if that would banish the fear that still sparked up every part of her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

My fear had nothing to do with the actual French people. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"It was not courage. This one was dead of fear. You could see it in his eyes, Stark." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“As long as you have the sound of laughter,” he groaned unhappily, “I cannot take your sense of humor—and, with it, you’ve nothing to fear from me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d said what I felt, despite the fear that it would be considered talking back to an adult. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood frozen to the spot, paralyzed with fear and shock. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when my own hands looked that way, when the memories of fear simulations crept into every dream and every idle thought. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I articulated my rage and my fear, along with my faith that with this election Americans understood the true nature of what they were choosing between. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Many of them told her not to make any more trips into the South for fear she would be caught. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Argaven was not sane; the sinister incoherence of his mind darkened the mood of his capital; he fed on fear. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Has fear, since the beginning of time, driven men to such lengths of calculation? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sang as Sir Savien, and I felt the audience begin to love and fear me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Working with them from day to day and knowing that they knew I had lied from fear crushed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fear that Therese’s mind is made feeble by her suffering. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was followed by fear about what might have happened to Hershel. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And just as he’d feared, there was a crack in the hull. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Only an echo, I fear,” I heard, barely audibly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard dogs barking—not too far away by their sound—and in sudden fear, I plunged through a tangle of new young growth and into the trees. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That girl was gone forever, and all that was left was a product of the place that had taught her to fear the bright things inside of her heart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As I feared it would my lack of “cooperation” nettled the driver. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod looked up at the city, and was horrified: an emotion engulfed him that mingled repulsion and fear, disgust and loathing, all tinged with shock. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"At once may be too late. I fear those birds have flown. But I shall do what I can, my lord. With your leave." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All feared his wrath, and when he roared his orders the people trembled. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, her eyes grew wide, as if with fear; I realized, to my horror, that her face was starting to melt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hell for ancestral fear that put black parents under terror. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bring myself to tell her about the beatings, fearing that if I did, she’d try to butt in and she’d also only make things worse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mouschi’s gotten into the habit of relieving herself on some newspapers or between the cracks in the floorboards, so we have good reason to fear the splatters and, even worse, the stench. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Captain didn’t want to move anything to the second floor, and he laughed away my fear that the water might rise higher than his front stoop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must be a hard thing, to be a father; living in fear that your daughter would meet a boy she liked, but also having to worry if she didn’t. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But once their fear was past they made the strangers very welcome, and there was no end to their questions. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some lynch mobs actually forced an entire black community to attend a lynching as a means of instilling fear in their hearts or making members of that community leave the region. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

My stomach started twisting up with nervousness and excitement and fear and weirdness. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bill the pony gave a wild neigh of fear, and turned tail and dashed away along the lakeside into the darkness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They stood there for a minute, clinging to each other in fear of the darkness they had seen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with disdain and dismissal, not with fear. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Still, settings like this had always been for other people, not me, and I fought back some ancient fear and melancholia. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever waited behind that door wouldn’t bring another stitch of fear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He closes the cellar door behind him and bars it and sits halfway down the wooden staircase with a damp look on his face, fear or grit, it’s hard to say. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered the fear, a preternatural chill, the way his heart had pounded in his chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He did not die like a dog, as he feared he would, but peacefully, in my arms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had the kind of feeling you have in church, and not a little fear in it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But at least in the sanctuary they can climb trees and have good food and, most important, live without fear. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Julius felt a great heat rising in him as he looked at the two tigers huddled together, cowering, gazing in fear at the gladiators standing ready to inflict death at the order of Caesar. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

From Frodo’s mind the bright morning — treacherously bright, he thought — had not banished the fear of pursuit; and he pondered the words of Gildor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Conversation was slow, but not as stiff as I had feared it would be. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

A terrible sense of fear filled her, and she heard a noise, a hideous crunching noise, accompanied by blinding pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The look of an old man who feared a bad death. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She appealed not to their sympathy, because she knew they had none, but to their fear. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fear was that neither of those plans would work. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wonder came into the man’s eyes, and he laid the weapons hastily by the wall, as if he feared to handle them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He did not think now of how much strength was needed to climb and run; the fear of capture made him forget even the cold, forget even that he had no strength left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa asked, his voice a blend of fury and fear. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls turned their backs to him, not so much to ignore his veiled remark as to show him they had no fear of him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I was shocked to see women grab their pearls and clutch their purses in fear. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“For some years, I feared I might be Mr. Gitney’s child.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I’m frightened, but I’m not sure what I’m afraid of, which just exacerbates the fear. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became stiff from all the sitting but wouldn’t lie down for fear that her dress would wrinkle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the meantime all of us Spaniards were waiting ready, hidden in a courtyard, full of fear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I am actuated by hopes more active—by anger at injustice and demand for benevolence—I fear I shall not be so reckless of my life. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"This Andrik may be a great fighter, but men do not fear him as they fear you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It would be joyful news to Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who had always feared what he might do, and they would certainly want to see the messengers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was high and cracked with fear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Some of the nuns fear that the touch of any man compromises their chastity. Thus Angelina suffers greatly from a boil, for she refuses treatment. And any complaints of the womb go sadly untended.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe she got frozen with fear, the way people say they do when they get mugged. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

You won’t figure out anything if you give in to fear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The CCD had little to rely on but the fear they caused when they asked questions with their customary force. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pita started to speak, but fear devoured her voice and she didn’t finish her sentence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I fear for us all if scythes begin to love what they do. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her brother’s marriage plunged her into uncertainty, because she feared that this would be yet another reason for Esteban to keep his distance, and he was her only comfort and support. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she’d always wished she had. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a pigeon’s eye he looked down from the sky upon the field, the thousands of upturned faces, and saw nothing at all to fear. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He made me tremble with fear because I knew he had tried to kill my grandmother. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As I talked to my teammates, I looked into their eyes and saw the fear bottled up inside them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Indian set off at the slow trot typical of his race, and she remained in the house with the other servants, whom she feared far less than that strange individual with the courtly inclinations. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justice Brennan pointedly noted in his dissent that the Court’s opinion “seems to suggest a fear of too much justice.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The hunger had been there but something else—fear, pain—had held it down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was dangerous, she said, because I was controlled by that fear, and by the Father of Fear, Lucifer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Slowly he went for fear of rotten ice, yet in haste, because the cold was at his bones and before long he would not be able to move. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cora told Caesar that on seeing the chains, she feared Fletcher had conspired with Terrance from the very beginning and that they had been conveyed to a chamber of horrors. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When it had gone, the fear Malcolm had been holding down since he stabbed Bonneville came back, and he had to lean forward and be sick. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

So all turned inland, leaving shore and ship, and Eurylokhos—he, too, came on behind, fearing the rough edge of my tongue. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have nothing to fear an arrest is nothing. But it is always bad to be arrested—especially now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

What a terrible thing it was, Laila thought now, for a mother to fear that she could not summon love for her own child. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She’d been newly orphaned, and even at eight, she knew that a life with Arobynn, with a new name that no one would recognize but someday everyone would fear, was a chance to start over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I fear that I make you uneasy, Lord Snow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to push past this ugliness of age-old hates and soul-warping fears and start a new era. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was too well protected against the great fear of boys’ school life, which is to be “taken in.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt no more fear; he was sure that on this point he could foretell the future better than the god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her for a moment, taking in the look on her face, and let all the fear and nervousness melt away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I was leaving the hated home, hunger, fear, leaving days that had been as dark and lonely as death. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never lost the fear that he would not jump but attack me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll never forget the way Baba said that, the pain in his plea, the fear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Griswold had been in a coma, there had been a security breach at the hospital, and people feared his life was still at risk, so he had been secretly relocated. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With each copy, he wrote a personal letter, geared to the recipient and to the fears Charles had about the recipients reaction. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the invisible grip on me slacken suddenly, but fear kept me still as the dead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Suspicion and fear: possessiveness and greed: resentment for ancestral wrong: all these seemed to be a part of it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I remember about being a person living in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1940s is the gut-wrenching fear in my heart and in my tummy that I was in danger. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I fear we might have forgotten that if you had not pointed it out." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Walter’s case taught me that fear and anger are a threat to justice; they can infect a community, a state, or a nation and make us blind, irrational, and dangerous. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

How can I escape from this dreadful thing of night and gloom and fear? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I start to feel a wee bit of fear. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I would not bring my friends home for fear of what he would say or do. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine all the fear, isolation, and hopelessness they must be feeling. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ray cuts his hair kind of like Bruce Lee, because he says Lee is the only martial artist who deserves to be feared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Johannes Kepler believed that there would one day be “celestial ships with sails adapted to the winds of heaven” navigating the sky, filled with explorers “who would not fear the vastness” of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gulping down my fear, I jut out my chin and harden my eyes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t ever bring it up for fear that she’ll pick up right where she left off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And so slowly they passed out of a dim day of fears into the darkness of a desperate night. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Big Ma both feared white people and placed them up on a pedestal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But there was a part of me that feared black power very deeply for the obvious reason. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the money in his father’s hand, the fear in his mother’s eyes as she offered him a sandwich. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The simulation is set to my fear landscape program, so you will experience my fears instead of your own.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Hungarian lieutenant went around with a basket and retrieved the last possessions from those who chose not to go on tasting the bitterness of fear. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now they were seized with a fear that I was growing out of control. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was not just for her-self that she feared now, but for her baby. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stumbled out into the black night, sobbing, my legs wobbly from fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“S.Q., do you believe you have it down now? Would you like to explain to Martina how the Whisperer deals with fears?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she let herself relax, however, her worst fears became reality. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I looked in all the other open rooms of the house, with an ever-growing fear chilling my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Now I fear I must take my leave, before I forget the duties of a host. Lord Tycho, pray excuse me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In dark places, their names whipped sharper than fear; everyone had needs that were hard to fulfill. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her bonnet wasn’t big enough to hide her face, and she feared he might think the joy it betrayed unmaidenly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This fear is an illness,” she told her niece. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He evidently fears discovery or interference, in the state of helplessness in which he must be—confined as he is between dawn and sunset in his wooden box. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

You must not let him smell your fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As Adam grew he feared one thing more than any other. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt fear for the first time and backed into the comer of the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But Stella could read the fear on her face. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There are layers to fear, and complexities, and being trapped here brings that to light. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Now, thinking about the feeling of fear as he pedaled home along the river path, he remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly locked the cage, which Hugo had always feared somuch, and tucked the key back into his pocket. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Blacks would continue being suspicious of the motives of whites; and whites would continue being suspicious of the motives of blacks; blacks would continue hating whites; and whites would continue fearing blacks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m shivering, from fear I guess, holding on to my mom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I said, the fear surfacing in my voice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I cried and howled while she held me even tighter for fear that I would jump into the hole that Uncle Abdullah and the village men were digging. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s eyes widened in fear, reminding Lyddie, oh cuss it, of Rachel’s silent face as the child sat crouched within herself in the corner of Mrs. Bedlow’s kitchen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Peris finally looked directly at her face, not flinching as she had feared he would. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She thought about most of the fears that Queenie had confessed to—ghosts, dark, getting smacked for naughtiness, the college porter. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But even when her nightmares seemed so real—down to the scratchy carpet of their apartment that would always be caked with dust—they were nothing more than flimsy images shot through with fear. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even faces twisted with fear, I recognized every one of them. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly, out of habit, out of fear, but also, now, out of reverence. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I know they do not fear the Lord, and they think everybody should have the same...” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most abiding feeling I had each day was hunger and fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lived without fear of what would happen when they stepped over the border between childhood and adolescence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Demented and powerless, the aged being could only weep and mumble in fear and pain and misery, and he shrank away from what seemed like yet another threat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Two horses, gone mad with fear, kick through the door of the garage in which they’ve been shut and gallop between the smoldering houses on the Grand Rue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I want so much to end him here, to vent my anger and frustration and fear in a single swing of a rusty cavalry sword. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As they came to the center of town, Salvador said crossly, “Walk beside me on the sidewalk. Act like a pocho with nothing to fear.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Is it that or is it your fear of the stain of my sad life getting on you? So you have to polish me up and make me worthy.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She stayed away from beer, fearing a belly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had spoken of mastering his fear: that was what she’d have to do. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just as his mother feared, Havens, a broad- shouldered former wrestler with tousled brown hair and a guileless smile, wavered some his freshman year and dated several classmates. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pa fears that this will make her a target for the soldiers who want to rid Cambodia of outside ethnic poison. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my anger at whatever Miss Anderson and the mayor have done with Lily and the Spencers disappears, replaced by fear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Here I fear my skills as a storyteller will fail me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Panting, Archer stumbled back against the wall, his eyes wide with fear. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For a few moments I feared that my life might not be any different here than in Płaszów. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to stop Lyra from going in except her own fear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the girl, her eyes wide with fear. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Slowly their fear of the Orcs died away, and their pace slackened. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The entrance to this circus triggers the same sort of fear—stepping into the black unknown, beyond which is something dangerous. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then it suddenly occurred to Bigger that he need not be standing, that he had no reason to fear bodily harm from Jan here in jail. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was trembling not so much with anger as with fear. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

What everyone seemed to overlook was that at the board Bobby feared no one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A porter sat in a little house beside the way, and with fear in his eyes he came forth bearing a lantern in his hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But she had feared the Communists or “Reds” even more. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I end the call, but am suddenly gripped by the completely irrational fear that the phone could ring, that Tom would hear it from upstairs, so I slide the French doors open and step outside. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze it lightly, out of fear that he is fragile now, that he could break from the sadness. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The only letters they opened without fear were the ones with red borders, the holiday letters that mustn’t carry bad news. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing The Baron changing his mantle for winter awoke the first fears in me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he is a writer of fiction he lives in a world of fear. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was so entirely a realization of her worst fears that she sensed that her overanxious imagination had projected the figures onto the packed spines of books. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bliss and the original group of doctors had feared that the bullet struck Garfield's internal organs. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I became restless and was afraid to sleep for fear that my suppressed thoughts would appear in my dreams. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My pounding heart, my scrunched-up stomach, all my hope, but mostly just a lot of fear that they wouldn’t want to be part of the band anymore. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“We feared your men were servants of Arawn.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were fingernail marks on her face where she had been clutching it in fear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was the fear of the goat, released in the tiger’s cage, when the tiger first looks up from its paws, begins to growl. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

One can speculate that the losers’ fear of having their backs to the wall generated the extraordinary tenacity of the Kaan-Mutal conflict. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the hours went by I began to fear that the chimp wouldn’t come. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

No emotion passed across his face, no sign of fear or pain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room crackled with energy, and a deep fear twisted in Ophie’s middle, stealing her breath for a moment. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is fear that leaves me this way. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“That explains why the fears come back later. I’ve always wondered about that—when I’m in the Whisperer they seem to have gone away forever.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But I fear I am being held responsible because I did not prevent it and I cannot cure it The tree has only a few weeks of life left unless ...” “Unless what?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the state delegations, which, for fear of upsetting the white majority, did not include African American members. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

‘I do not know, but I fear the worst,’ answered Strider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the casual cruelty of this new world in which he had no say grew a hard clot of fear inside him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Remember the Bicycle Adventure when I told Julie all my fears—they seem so trivial now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Frozen with fear, I watched the yellow-white flames make a ragged brown line up the pink fabric of my skirt and climb my stomach. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he doesn't understand why they fear a man who wants to fight for Germany and make it better. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had come to believe, after years of creating respect and fear wherever he put his foot down, after years of being the tallest man in every gathering, that he was impregnable. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His had been a childhood of privations, discomfort, harshness, interminable nighttime rosaries, fear, and guilt. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I take it, my stomach sinks, but I swallow back my fear. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I do not dread being alone to-night, and I can go to sleep without fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I see fear in his eyes, and bewilderment, and, most astonishing of all, the fact that some adult worry is taking precedence over our walk together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This, she realizes, is the basis of his fear, all fear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it seemed, I had developed a new and stomach-clenching fear of heights, and it took all my concentration simply to put one foot in front of the other. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The other half were simply shown how to create, on their faces, the expressions that corresponded to stressful emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I focused on my feelings of fear and danger. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He was looking up at her, and ... it was not in fear. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

McKissick and student leaders had kept plans for the rally secret, fearing that more conservative blacks would tip off the authorities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My fear and discomfort crept beyond the borders of the classroom and accompanied me out onto the wide boulevards. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A new fear struck me: Was that what Otto was for? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

His face, when I looked back, was drenched in fear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But I have no fear of any of them; I have all that I need—the truth, ’ ’ Mr. Muhammad said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I check, an even bigger jolt of fear shoots through me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“When you feel nervous, remember what Mrs. Peck says: it’s okay to be afraid if you know you’re doing the right thing—just push right through your fears.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Our family is strong. Our only fear is losing you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he knew what they were, and a chill of fear went through him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haul it wearily up the hill to Tatarska, dealing with my usual flutter of fear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

About an hour after midnight the fear fell on them a third time, but it now seemed more remote, as if it were passing far above the clouds, rushing with terrible speed into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Overseers feared the slaves were using drums to send messages and spread thoughts of rebellion. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Annabella said the same thing. She told me there was nothing to fear.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban came in and made gradual changes. When people finally woke up to what was happening and tried to stop them, the Taliban silenced them with threats and fear. Fear is the biggest factor.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The fear never disappeared, but with each year it retreated slightly, a tide of memory sliding back out to sea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Klan trafficked in secret information whose secrecy engendered fear, while insurance prices were less a secret than a set of facts dispensed in a way that made comparisons difficult. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One day, I was studying with Mathona, and I confided to her my fear that I might not pass my exams in English and history at the end of the year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had begun to fear that Asha meant to leave him to his fate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt a shiver of fear that was almost audible, like the tip of a drumstick drawn across a cymbal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He saw me look at him, but he didn’t shout, for fear that somebody would hear him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say fear because at times I really don’t want this to be a fond memory until it’s over. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Four years afterward, a traveler noted in his diary that the Nermernuh lived in fear of disease because they had been recently struck by smallpox—tenuous but suggestive evidence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I talked about the fears I’d had early on about raising our daughters in the White House and how proud I was of the intelligent young women they’d become. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But this fear she had no control over. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As a boy, he had lived in fear of Stark's stem face and great dark sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The boy didn’t know where Salem was, but he didn’t want to ask, fearing that he would appear ignorant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just sat there, my legs becoming wooden with fear. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We were right, Ophelia, to fear the consequences of Hamlet’s play. You and I are in danger if we stay at Elsinore. Escape with me and we will join Hamlet,” Horatio pleaded. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I was so nervous I feared I would bumble and make a fool of myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly was just beginning to cry, not with fear, and not even because he had hurt her wrist quite badly, but with furious anger. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Burger described him as being in a relentless "state of fear throughout our entire trip to the United States." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

At first she was afraid to take it, fearing it might be a means to poison her or put a spell on her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not like to feel tension and fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long pause stretched into several minutes, and Thomas’s hands shook with fear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mornings spent listless in silence and in fear of confronting the blank sheet of paper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In America, she said, there was fear of death; here life was separate from Being. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There will never be anything but cold and fear and the agonized sounds of the boy dying in the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With realization, I whispered, “They sent him away for this. Out of fear.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Words to cover your fear at being proved a coward, Fenris Wolf. You are afraid to be tied with this silken ribbon. No need for more explanations.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He will write to Theo a few years later that at this time a fear swept over him, that he was terrified of his family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I mentally flip through her large, strange collection of fears, fears that make her break out in a sweat, make her moan about feeling suffocated. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tartars, in a tight group now around the sledge, were able to blaze at will into the snow, but the gyptians dared not shoot back for fear of hitting Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Have no fear; you are safe. Once I freed you from the earth, I had need of Mechtild’s skill.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mine was marked by aloof boys, prepping for the SATs, and a looming fear of deportation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Still, when the sky opened and rain poured down I decided that my fears were foolish. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had rejected the more aggressive steps recommended by the Joint Chiefs, for fear of expanding the war and sparking greater protests at home. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“They had told us something might be going on between the Muslims and the Latin Kings,” he said, never once questioning our fear. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a whispering noise that began then to run through the hall, a low susurrus that caused Shadow, in his dream, to experience a chilling and inexplicable fear. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But one night I rose from my bed, suddenly consumed with fear that Bunny would find it while snooping around my room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His steps rang out loudly on the pavement, adding to his fears. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The anticipation of what might happen was overpowering, a suffocating blanket of misery and fear that began to take on a life of its own. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When Lyra thought of his lithe golden shape, she felt ill with fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dad used to say that sometimes you have to put your fears in order, and that was one of those times. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only four of them are left; the rest have gone through their fear landscapes already. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“What, afraid the Dauntless are going to change their minds about you? Realize that even though you’ve only got four fears, you’re still a coward?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote that Birmingham was a smoldering volcano of racial tension, “a community of fear.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I fear Morgant has given me my death wound. I can do no more.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I shrank from it until the little creature licked my hand in a friendly greeting, and I could not help but smile at it “Do not fear, he will not harm you,” Mechtild said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And though I feared looking like them, it was with silent envy that I regarded them still. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits above ground, unless they are in proved, familiar surroundings close to their holes, live in continual fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neville regularly went to pieces in Potions lessons; it was his worst subject, and his great fear of Professor Snape made things ten times worse. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But their fear did not leave them, the fear that Basta might have turned back already and was now following them uphill. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Why she would risk breaking the rules to look the god of love in the face, because she feared he might be a monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He guessed that this was because his death was imminent; there was nothing left to fear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It shouldn’t surprise me that the evidence pointed to the fact that my parents had been killed out of anger, fear, hatred... Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Meggie couldn't see a trace of fear in his eyes, just incredulous curiosity and satisfaction—with himself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I should have cried out for help, but I still feared that, if cornered by the company, Nick would reveal my connection with Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I waited for a knock on the door, a phone call, a look of fear across Jawad Sahib's face. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He carried in so much wood and built such a high structure with it that his mother walked in fear of an avalanche of oak. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stamped out not merely by fear but by being forgotten, by the complacency of the world around her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They called her name in loud whispers, not wanting to shout for fear of disturbing the snake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m just already as full of fear as a person can be. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Austin hears the fear, looks at me and maybe sees something worth keeping. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had nothing to fear from it now. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the invasion comes and the bombs start falling, it’ll be every man for himself, but this time we feared for those good, innocent Christians who are helping us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He felt that some day there would be a black man who would whip the black people into a tight band and together they would act and end fear and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “Though gentle and tender, he had such a dignified repose and reserve of manner that, as children, we regarded him with fear rather than affection.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But the most common, and most feared, new punishment was the cold-water bath. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This entire episode took me from fear to a rage that burned in me then, animates me now, and will likely leave me on fire for the rest of my days. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They were clearly in a state of terror, rearing up, their heads thrown back, uttering gurgling cries of fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We do not operate well when they are known, in secrecy and in fear, only to a few men.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Singing hymns, reciting jump rope songs, anything to keep her mind off the fear and awfulness of that night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“But you? It is for you that I fear!” whereat she laughed—a laugh, low and unreal, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It's the first time I have felt real fear—the kind that plants a flag in your brain and decides it's going to stay. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The mood hanging over the Gladers as they ate couldn’t have been more somber or sodden with fear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was nothing about this father that attracted him and nothing that he feared. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not bring on fear in her, but pity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But mostly I miss the fears bf the past few weeks, rendered small by my fears now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The villagers’ words poured out with such force I feared I might drown in them. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I learned that there is nothing to fear in the dark if you’re smart. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The shame and fear and hate which Mary and Jan and Mr. Dalton and that huge rich house had made rise so hard and hot in him had now cooled and softened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have read that there are two fears that cannot be trained out of us: the startle reaction upon hearing an unexpected noise, and vertigo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shuddered, unsure if it was the cool breeze that made me shiver or the twinge of fear in my chest. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t fear the night, though she found little comfort in its dark hours. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For the next half hour, I joke nervously with my fellow candidates about fear of collapsing folding chairs and throwing up. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, however, these fears never had time to develop seriously. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden, cold fear that this was all a trick, a plot to separate her from Dallas. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear,” says Four. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As she tried to elicit grievances from residents, Alston encountered a wall of suspicion and fear. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

What worried him the most, what really ate at his insides, was the fear that it wasn’t too late. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Thomas didn’t know what he felt most strongly: confusion, relief, fear that he’d be attacked again . The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

No, she wanted to shout to him, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was trembling so hard I feared my bones might break. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even General Smuts realized the dangers of this harsh ideology, decrying apartheid as “a crazy concept, born of prejudice and fear.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. It is a choice made out of fear. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had never seen her more beautiful than she was that night, with her cheeks flaming and her eyes large and black with mixed anger and fear. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, Ekon saw the fear reflected in both their faces—the fear of people running for their lives. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Marshall Laird, who has described this incident, compares chemical control to a treadmill; once we have set foot on it we are unable to stop for fear of the consequences. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Here, fear and tension fell away in the presence of Sadna’s strength. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The accident with the baseball has bound him to you, and he has already sensed in you someone he can talk to without fear. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He should never have agreed to raise to the papacy any cardinal he might have injured or who, upon becoming pope, might have cause to fear him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In Kabul, fear is everywhere, in the streets, in the stadium, in the markets, it is a part of our lives here, Amir agha. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, I feared the worst: that he was an outlaw, perhaps a traitor or someone exiled from the church, a person to make me even more ashamed of myself than I already was. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Not what you fear. We didn’t lay hands on the old woman. She slipped through our trap somehow.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She could not risk letting them travel upward for fear of seeing that the hooks and eyes in the placket of the dress had come undone and exposed the custard-colored skin underneath. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The most relentless of his new fears was that they would starve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

My limbs ached, heavy and leaden, and I had to put my watch away in fear it might slip from my numb fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Despite her fear, and despite the fact that the man’s voice was muffled through the fabric of the hood, Stella was sure she’d heard it before. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I say this over and over above the noise, to calm my fears. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper's own fear in the storm had been absolute, and yet it had gone, it might never have happened, Kingshaw knew that he was quite powerless to use it as a weapon. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

For the first time he knew the meaning of mindless fear and panic. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It is all dark and horrid to me, for I can remember nothing; but I am full of vague fear, and I feel so weak and worn out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Many leaders in the civil rights struggle were afraid to speak out against the war, fearing they would be branded as unpatriotic, and the civil rights movement would be damaged. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Farmer feared that PIH would be reduced to a tiny private charity, struggling to support its original project in the central plateau of Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She knew that I would never withstand her, and that I feared her too. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the taste of the berry seemed to banish fear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The fear of the sea that was always there, simmering beneath the surface of their island lives, would boil up in their hearts again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I waited under the table in fear, until my brother Alex—my sweet little guardian—came and found me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I knew thirty miles per hour was just too fast,” he says—like hitting the brakes was the result of calculation and not fear. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I laughed with them, at Teacher Li who had not made the message clear, at my own fears, at the whole false alarm. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Arthur had feared from the start of the Grail Quest had come to pass. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai saw the little boy’s expression change from fear to surprise. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was my worst fear coming true, but at least it settled one issue. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

As Glanvill put it, ‘He that offers to dissent, shall be out-law’d in his reputation: and the fear of guilty Cain, shall be fulfilled on him, who ever meets him shall slay him.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What good can any of us do against the monstrous machine that shoots young girls in the back as they run in fear? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had hoped Gurgi would have overcome his fear, but he could not blame the creature for running off after his ordeal in the whirlpool. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Without an orange frame, he fears, the upper part will appear cold. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some of the lights swept over me and I trembled with fear that I would be found out, or worse, that I would be mistaken for Lupito and shot. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to believe him, but my fear is a tide tugging at my ankles, pulling me under. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Strange and wonderful I thought it that the designs of Mordor should be overthrown by such wraiths of fear and darkness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Our power and our fear of change help bind these people to their misery and bewilderment, and insofar as they find this state intolerable we are intolerably menaced. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He was a nice guy who seemed strong and confident, with no fear of anything. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest toward the open beach. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

You can’t love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing and no one to fear, not even myself. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I have, but I could make you all a target if I come. People think they are defending themselves, standing up for their people, but it’s all out of fear,” he told me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Meggie felt sure Capricorn wanted to strike Fenoglio to the ground, but his fear was too strong, leaving him helpless to act. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Daisy Mae stirred and I knew I was safe in my room, where I felt the safest of anywhere, but I was still trembling with fear. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"A bigger man would be able to put the fear in them, is that what you're saying, my lord?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fear in his voice caught me tight between hating him for ruining such a good feeling and wanting to say something nice so he wasn’t so scared. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I had not been able to identify its presence. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, scared that even posing the question would make my fears true. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My father knows what Evelyn knew: that the power to make people fear you is the only power you need. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Enrique rarely lets himself admit fear, but he is scared that his car might tip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Ebola Zaire is the most feared agent at the.. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he kept this knowledge of his fear thrust firmly down in him; his courage to live depended upon how successfully his fear was hidden from his consciousness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Curzon was seized by a fit of coughing so violent I feared his ribs would crack. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know enough of it to fear it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed against the foul taste of fear. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Karl’s heart sank for his friend, but he also feared for himself. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I fear I will regret this," the man said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled the menu to her and opened it, scanning the items with what could only be described as fear. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He understood about Esther, during those nine days: that she considered his fear and trembling fanciful and childish, a way of making life more complicated than it need be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She mirrored his fears with descriptions of contingency arrangements at the hospital—more beds, special courses, emergency drills. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The blood beneath my skin brings fear and restlessness into my thoughts. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she could finally stand, she dressed her sodden shaking body in the dry clothes, warm from the sun, and began to walk, trembling with the cold and the exertion and the fear. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He felt as if a block of ice were melting just behind his sternum—a frozen chunk of fear he’d gotten so used to he didn’t even think about it until it was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As a child I feared the size of the world. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been her most powerful weapon, because it was their most potent fear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was such a wild and harsh noise that she bolted up, her eyes wide open in fear. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He feared that with Lawrence gone, the staff of the Rad Lab and the Physics Department would drain away like a reservoir behind a breached dam. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A hint of fear in a man who shows no fear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When she raised her head and looked at Theon, he could see the fear behind her big brown eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It filled her with fear when he spoke like this. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pastor's voice is ice water on my soul, and the wave of fear I've been fighting to hold back threatens to drown me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But part of being a warrior was facing their fears. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had pitched it like he was throwing all of his fear and anger along with it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was transported in thought to the scenes of childhood: I dreamt I lay in the red-room at Gateshead; that the night was dark, and my mind impressed with strange fears. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was worried that the connection between himself and Voldemort had been damaged, a connection that he both feared and, whatever he had told Hermione, prized. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He gave her a leer, hoping for a taste of fear, but all she gave him was revulsion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the same way, Bast had learned a new fear of late. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Chicago’s small but vocal censorians feared that impoverished parents would turn the building into a depository for unwanted children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, for a moment he feared that I was going to be unusually tiresome. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I thought it was—” The doubt comes again, mixed with fear this time. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew nothing of the boy’s fear of ghosts and other nocturnal terrors. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A sort of premonitory tremor, a fear of he was not certain what, had passed through Winston as soon as he caught his first glimpse of the cage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“On this day,” he said, “we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One of the things I thank Dauntless for is the preparedness that eliminates my fear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Do not fear your monthlies for all Englishwomen have them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Without expertise, I fear, which might have proved fatal.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They had not gone far before they felt once more the fear that had fallen on them when the winged shape swept over the marshes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Each time his fears at awakening were so identical that he did not doubt but what these dreams were the same. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Mr. Marsden fears you are having a bad influence on the other girls there.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yet they could not dismiss him, for fear of losing what they had acquired. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Horned King saw the black scabbard and hesitated a moment, as if in fear. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, trying to keep the fear out of her voice. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Very amazement for a moment conquered Merry’s fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A great fear had took hold of him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide with fear and shock. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Despite her fear of him, however, she took her spoon in her right hand and began to eat her oatmeal. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It made no sense, was just a sound of fear, of disbelief that something that large could have come so close to him without his knowing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was my biggest fear, this year. You.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My white friends would be disgusted and I recalled the fear that hung over all those who had no protection from powerful whites. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her mind was nothing but fear and pain. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it brought little hope to them, not knowing what evil lay before them, fearing to come too late. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Just as Burnham had feared, union leaders began using the future fair as a vehicle for asserting such goals as the adoption of a minimum wage and an eight-hour day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow in school no one will want to come near me for fear of catching indigena germs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fear that we will not be able to stop him from talking, or his parents from laughing with delight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I also fear, if you want to know, that it is no joke at all; and that I am not safe here or anywhere else.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our tea turned into a three-hour marathon of stories about our lives, fears, and dreams. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He felt sick in the pit of his stomach to fear that he couldn’t trust Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was making leaps in my mind now, but once I’d hung on that word “fear,” I remembered the time I was a freshman and I saw a senior walking down the hall. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Armed with information, experts can exert a gigantic, if unspoken, leverage: fear. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We know that they can feel sadness, fear, despair, loneliness, boredom. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not from fear or anger, but just to tell her that she understood...that she was there. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the same time, politicians were growing increasingly softer on crime—“for fear of sounding racist,” as the economist Gary Becker has written, “since African-Americans and Hispanics commit a disproportionate share of felonies.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The widow was in bed, thin and pale, with her eyes closed, and he feared the worst. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They didn’t fight back, they didn’t run in fear, they just stood there and took it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I think of all the vows I made to Dain, including the one I never spoke out loud: Instead of being afraid, I will become something to fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was worried about Eric, who he feared would become frustrated and depressed if he didn’t get work soon. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the woman’s spoken concern: the fear of having a dark- skinned son or daughter. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unpacks feelings and fears and what it means to be a good friend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Yet the next minute Ged saw him full-face, and he looked as usual, so that Ged told himself that what he had seen was his own fear, his own dread reflected in the other's eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the reason she kept the first, the fear that there might be a second. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

But the tentative fear in her eyes silenced him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Howls shuddered through the night; the howls of the man-pack, wails of fear and wild shouts, laughter and screams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For me, this is a form of faith, an antidote to fear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At this moment in North Dakota I had a reluctance to drive on that amounted to fear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some fear that Potter might resort to the Dark Arts in his desperation to win the tournament, the third task of which takes place this evening. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It gave way slightly under my feet, making me fear that if I did not move quickly, I would sink down into the realm of the dead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Often at night, the strong fear inside me turned into a rampaging river, rushing through my mind and body. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The second time, I cringed in fear and shied away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Deacon Hurd, Turner, has been fearing for his mother’s sanity for some time, and he cannot leave her safely alone. You can hardly expect him to care for an insane woman.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It is gradually reassuming a role it had for thousands of years: a free-flowing, unwritten, spontaneous, aural tradition based entirely on the lives, loves, hopes and fears of ordinary people. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He felt something in her over and above the fear she inspired in him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fear of serious mass rioting set off by some unpredictable spark hung steadily in the air. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hair- raising enough to see the thing racing my way; worse still was the fear that it would keep going straight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not a single story has a magical priest who is terribly to be feared because he knows ways of winning over the gods or alienating them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his big basting spoon in his right hand, and he cupped his left under the bowl for fear it would drip on the carpet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d spent so many years building a dam inside her to hold back the fear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The fear in Apollo’s face certainly looked real, and also very human. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Was it lingering affection for the man or fear of exposure as his once best friend that caused Dumbledore to hesitate? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Twig whispered, and I couldn’t tell if she was asking out of excitement or impatience or fear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The three teens initially feared that Papa would die. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She handed the smiling doll to him as if this tiny memento embodied the hopes and fears of everyone in the room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn't realize how much I had feared that we would lose until we finally won. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The color drained out of his face, and his eyes seemed to flash with understanding, and then fear, and then determination. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And what if whatever hurt the unicorn finds us first?” said Malfoy, unable to keep the fear out of his voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As predicted, Cleopatra’s overpowering personality, incalculable wealth, and persuasive speech put Mai Antony’s fears to rest and captured his heart. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had no desire for me, but it was his fear that made me think he had no desire for any woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“White Harbor does not fear to ride with you, Ser Hosteen. Lead us out, and my knights will ride behind you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He said that,” and the girl swallowed in fear, “that you would be too much of a coward to confront him.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They kept at arm’s length the multimedia that Terryl feared would foil their engagement with one another, their studies, the real world. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She fears she’ll be transformed back into the girl she was. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Regina began to fear for Bobby’s future if he didn’t take his schoolwork seriously. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

People who were there at the time said that you could feel fear in the hallways, and the director looked like a visibly shaken man. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, she thought, it wasn’t longing but fear, and this was his idea of a monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize, Mom, that I’ve never been anything but a nerd? And now I’m going to enter this nerd school, not as a fellow nerd, but as a feared and notorious outlaw?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought a sea held so much fear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We presented our muskets, and the men, struck with fear, held back. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Growing up, William feared “the wolf always at the door,” a fear that haunted him for life. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I began to fear that she had joined her father at his unsavory trade and disappeared into the city's underworld, in which case we might despair of ever seeing her again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We knew the authorities had long resented and feared the influence we had on younger prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped abruptly as something with dry whispering feet flitted across his path, emitting as the rush of its flight died a thin, piping wail of lonely fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hospital social worker told me that they would arrange home health and hospice care, which was sad but dramatically better than what he feared when he was on Alabama's death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It may be analogous, in some respects, to the panic once experienced by poor and working-class whites faced with desegregation—the fear of a sudden demotion in the nation’s racial hierarchy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Pardon me, Sir, if I say, Abigail concluded, that I fear you are. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

So over you is the greatest enemy a man can have—and that is fear. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep expecting, or fearing, that people I should know, have known, will appear, and I will only half recognize them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

An image of blood gleaming on the metal blade in the glare of the furnace came before his eyes and fear rose in him hotly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spring out from under my ledge, energized by renewed fear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As she rode the bus through the strange landscape of Atlanta, she tried to put the fear of the past few years out of her mind. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“They are not poisoned, if that is what you fear,” said Cristiana, eating the figs herself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So ran my logic; and having seized upon these probabilities, logic gave way to steep fear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He hated the job because he lived in fear of Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After this, Lucca and Siena would have immediately surrendered, partly to spite the Florentines and partly out of fear, and the Florentines would have had no means of preventing it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fear spawned by a Cold War that threatened to turn hot, there was encouraging news as well. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Rosenberg trial sparked fears inside the United States that living throughout the country were communist sympathizers plotting to overthrow the government. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She feared that the wind might upend her and she would crash to earth and break into a million small splinters. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And, reader, do you think I feared him in his blind ferocity?—if you do, you little know me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Whether they fled at first in fear, or not, our horses met Shadowfax, their chieftain, and greeted him with joy. Did you know that he was at hand, Gandalf?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I simply couldn’t muster any fear of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the word tomorrow, something between fear and indignation rises in my chest. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus she left them, and Metaneira fell speechless to the earth and all there trembled with fear. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Don Luis’s warm smile soon melted my fear into awe at finding myself in his house, away from the unpleasant implications of a student face-to-face with the school principal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A feeling of coldness and fear took hold of her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But then I have turned away, come back to my San Francisco apartment to closet myself in the silence I both need and fear. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he did so a great fear fell on all, defender and foe alike; and the hands of men drooped to their sides, and no bow sang. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

To serve with young people and the young at heart alike, who live without a fear of dying and who talk about commitment, integrity, and sacrifice without a hint of sarcasm, was refreshing. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Have no fear, my dear sir,” said Mr. Wonka calmly, and he pressed another button. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lourdes does consider hiring a smuggler to bring the children but fears the danger. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At one point the bones weighed upon his back and he feared they had trapped him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glances that Liza turned away from in anger and fear. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, refusing to give in to my fear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The morning was physically tiring, but the nervous strain, the fear that my actions would call down upon my head a storm of curses, was even more damaging. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not talk about it, it was always with us: a chill fear that Ira was to be our only child. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s not a hint of fear or doubt in Katherine’s words and the sheriff rides off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s the Panthers’ ideas that people fear most, not our guns. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know that,” said Harry, striving to keep his face free of guilt or fear. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He could not call, for his tongue would not unlock, and his heart was silent, and great with fear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was fear that finally got me out of bed, Monday afternoon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers shook as I got dressed, but it could have been my fear as much as fatigue that made them so. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boy huddled in the corner, shivering from cold, or maybe fear. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Kit felt a wave of fear that left her sick and dizzy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even Bran could sense their fear, though he did not understand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I hear the words in my mind, they sound brave, but coming out of my mouth they are weighted down by fear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

If we were standing together in the dungeon, we would hear these sounds and we would be very frightened; we would cling to each other in our fear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Despite his fear his body was prepared to take the bait. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not out of respect, but out of fear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sam was quivering, the fine, delicate fear-quivering of a hornet suspended in the air, undecided between fear and hate. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No man wants a wife more learned than he is, for fear that she will prove a shrew and make him wear the skirts.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He stopped at my door: I feared he would knock—no, but a slip of paper was passed under the door. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a tangled knot of fears and deceits and dark struggles for power that had disguised itself and almost destroyed everything. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The sting of ashes in his eyes, tiredness, fear, enraged him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Followed by a fear of what she hasn’t yet said, of what she’s going to say, when my turn comes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I can give you mangolomera. You can become the strongest boy in school. All the others will fear you.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Never fear, four of your fellows will be with me in the fight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We’ll need to be brave to endure the many fears and hardships and the suffering yet to come. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s Danuta’s anxious eyes that have me angry, or Max’s fear, or the man lying in the gutter behind this policeman’s feet, a man who may or may not be dead. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

For fear of falling, we do not talk much, except I learn that Lorenzo is from Honduras. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

As she danced, Gerald could feel her pain; he could see her fear and misery. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was implying that Zeitoun and Nasser were romantically engaged, and that Zeitoun, fearing detection, had leapt from the bed when he heard the guard approaching. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Have no fear, my friend. We will arrange something. There is always one compartment—the No. 16, which is not engaged. The conductor sees to that!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could find nothing to do, so I sat on the sofa and watched, not daring to speak for fear I’d break her concentration. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her lack of fear for her safety—particularly among blacks, where she often stuck out like a sore thumb and seemed an easy target for muggers—had me stumped. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started eating it so fast I feared getting one of those ice cream headaches. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My legs were shaking for fear that my mom, or worse, my dad, would catch me, so as soon as Sra. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She put her hands to her face and waited for the blow she’d always feared to descend. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They seemed to know that he wouldn’t go to the police, for fear of losing his mother to the authorities, and they got more and more persistent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not let myself be overcome by fears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so difficult for her in the end: it was more a confidence thing, and with us there for support, she seemed to lose her fear of the fence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master and his friends could complain about the Continental Congress at such length I feared my ears might drop off. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind swung between panic and hope, fear and exhilaration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He picked up a truffle and tossed it away with a sigh of satisfaction, fearing he might burst if he forced another bite into his mouth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Angel, eyes wide with fear, yanked free of his grip and ran screaming toward the door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her consuming love is like flowers blossoming over my fears. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t, she feared she would come unhinged. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I still haven’t quite recovered, I fear. Five more days of these, what are they called . .. sulfa pills.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I froze in fear, like the deer when she smells the dogs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But when such remarks caused him additional fears and concerns, he just enforced new rules upon his children—hard-to-follow, strict rules. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The tree still swayed a bit in the last of the big wind, and I felt the fear I’d pretended earlier. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

What if your fear stopped you from finding out? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Cold War is over, and fear of communist expansion has been replaced by the menace of international terrorism. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the lobby you try to walk casually, as if your scalp isn’t pinging with dizziness and fear. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But as much as I feared being punished, it was worse watching Luke suffer and not being able to help him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Jam thought about Malachite, Beloved, and Whisper, then hoped desperately that this fear hadn’t occurred to Redemption, not yet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Only for brief moments did the fear shoot through me that an idea this good could be wrong. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Though I’d feared that the ride down might be awkward, in fact it was a wonderful relief to be around a stranger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her dark eyes are wide with fear as she says, “Are you hurt?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I limped slowly back toward the apartment, coat pulled tight around my neck, trying to smooth away the fear from my face before I had to see Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, for fear that its brief relapse into prose might have hardened the tyrant’s heart, it launched out breathlessly into Genevieve, tor the third time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not think properly: Everything was a blur of panic and fear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Each time she said the word me there was a gathering in her like power, like joy, like fear. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t run anymore — I couldn’t breathe; exertion and fear had gotten the best of me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To him the most feared soldier ever created was the pilot who came at night, hiding from the cast-eyed light of half moons, coming winged and unannounced out of the black, out of the void. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling of moments before, that proud strength, that brave aloneness, was gone, replaced by cold fear. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe fear and desire ran along the same tracks in her body, but she refused to confuse Wash’s giving with Henry’s taking. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Nor am I, sir. It's not that I fear you, simply that I don't like you." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched my worst fears come to life. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pax had been confused by this fear—the small woman was projecting nothing but kindness and concern. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Before the rubble of the last war had even been cleared, Stalin feared that a new and ominous threat to Soviet security lay at Russia's doorstep. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, her fears were unfounded. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Penelope remembered the way Cassiopeia snarled at Lady Constance the previous evening and felt a flash of fear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

However, this is nothing to fear, in my opinion. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

At a restaurant at the lake’s edge, we eat our fill of fried fish and share a giant bottle of Coca-Cola, which the Doctorita never lets us have for fear of cavities. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I fear their dear voices would convince me to return. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt its fear, and it both saddened and exhilarated her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This combination of sexual fears and political power was an enormously potent and dangerous mix. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than the blank canvas I feared during my conversation with Josh, I saw myself volunteering with the MSA, shining in my classes, and having time for myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then fear that he would not be able to talk about this consuming fever made him panicky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I like it not, and I have grave doubts; but I fear to affright her, and so I am silent of it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

So they wondered, and began to feel that their fear was lifted from them, and then they began to rejoice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nsia’s breath was labored; I feared she suffered from some asphyxiation, and went to tend to her; all her attention being fixed on the object behind me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He liked hearing that, but an instant later came the fear of not being able to go to college at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need a healthy dose of fear. Nothing could be more beneficial for you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even in the shadow of the hood Taran could see the features of the enchantress moving and twitching in what he feared was impatience. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He feared a mob would burn his ship. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I miss the days when you lived in fear of me. However short-lived they were.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

This frightened all the smaller animals, who feared that the lion would eat them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Numerous paths were available to our nation in the wake of the crack crisis, yet for reasons traceable largely to racial politics and fear mongering, we chose war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I avoided going downtown, going into any of the stores for fear my presence would embarrass people who had been my friends. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once I exulted and feared; for now, for good or ill, the end was near. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It filled me with awe, wonder, and fear, and I asked ceaseless questions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald and Angel grinned at each other, just a little ashamed of their fears of the darkness. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did I find an entry for those who fear the terrible truth that their self-worth is based entirely on the completion of a daily crossword puzzle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When he looked up again, fear showed in every wrinkle of his face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Pong swallowed down his fear of being spotted and soon learned to walk forward with purpose—not too fast, not too slow—and to never, ever look over his shoulder. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His heart became a deer’s heart and he who had never known fear before was afraid and fled. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of his fear melted away, but not enough to calm his racing heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lyra cried out in alarm, and then in fear and pain, as Pantalaimon twisted this way and that, shrieking and snarling, unable to loosen the golden monkey’s grip. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the fear and the run and the nearness of Luke Messenger are killing her right now, even if that lightning missed her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“We had to make Chiron think the camp wasn’t safe for you, so he would start you on your quest. We had to confirm his fears that Hades was after you. And it worked.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I suppose it was fear that held me back, and the fact that, for the moment, Mr. Loomis was leaving me alone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We burst into peals of laughter, and the roar of the guns bothered us no more; our fears had all been swept away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If you were a young person in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, you were unable to separate your fear of Stalin and his henchmen from your genuine patriotic fervor for your Motherland. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Today, no smells of dressing and sauce and pie drifted to his room—only the strong silent smell of fear and secrets. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He'll fill you with self-doubt, fear, and paranoia, and even inspire betrayal. The mind suffers illnesses, too." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were many constraints—perhaps, we feared, too many. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all Spurge and Werfel could do to convince their kingdoms to sort out their own problems instead of striking out in rage and hysterical fear. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They decided either one of us would work for ballast, but feared Adah’s handicap would prevent her holding on, and if she fell in the river the precious battery would also be lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘By my hope of Heaven and my fear of Hell.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clenched my jaw as a marble of anger and frustration and fear rolled down my throat. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When it was hit, the baby would run away in fear, then try to win the fake mother back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach knotted with fear.Wilfred opened the door all the way and went out into the main room of the house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or it may have been a fear of the whole position, of its instability and the nemesis inherent in it Women know, far better than men, that God’s laws are not mocked. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His anger passed and fear took its place. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sized up the passengers, chose his prey: a wrinkled woman at the tail end of her Geritol years who fears her own shadow with good reason. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was accompanied by the familiar tilt of the head and a slightly raised eyebrow and I felt the ground rush away from me, so strong was the memory, and the fear. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our fear must have held back Mama’s progress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing it’s my mom trying to rinse off her fear and disappointment. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But if they shared Elizebeth’s Enigma decrypts with Argentina, they feared that the country’s many pro-Nazi officials might share them with the spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then, one by one, she dunked each piece into her tea, named a fear, and ate it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The only thing all of them seemed to have in common was fear. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just like I remember the fear when I found myself on the floor next to that golf club—and I know now, I know for sure that I wasn’t the one swinging it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to be sure that people feared his cruelty more than they craved freedom. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But I fear her joy will be very short-lived. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I was sure that the fear of becoming pregnant did not bother her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally curiosity overcame fear and she looked up. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I would wring my hands in delight and fear as he told us his favorite stories of buried treasures, taking us on endless thrilling journeys as he spoke. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A tremble of fear began gathering in her stomach. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

His little heart raced as his worst fears seemed to be coming true. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was looking again in sweaty fear at her head lying upon the sticky newspapers with blood oozing outward toward the edges. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He feels too wholesome in this ripped jeans and T-shirt crowd, fears his hair was too recently washed and is too neatly combed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eye closed, and I feared he was gone for good. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She told me it was a symbol of a fear she had overcome, a fear of the dark. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Under those eyes he felt a curious suspense, but not fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He yelped in shock, but they pulled themselves away, and it was Njemile, fear in her eyes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt the blood drain from my face and feared blackness would overwhelm me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Celia fears that the citizens of Santa Teresa del Mar once again will consider the court as hardly more than occasion for a live soap opera. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she had a new fear for Salvador and herself. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The young and the healthy ones did not fear the wolves, and the sick and the old were doomed in winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could take years to break through that fear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tyson looked at me with fear in his one big eye, but I knew I couldn’t disobey a direct order from the camp directors. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“True, your sweat carries much fear, but still you have managed to address us.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in a long while that I feared my father. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As the Shetani held his gaze, he knew then that the creature wouldn’t be the thing that killed him in the end; it would be the fear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He feared that if he spoke about that memory to anyone, it would evaporate like a dream. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His people were strong, and his warriors were powerful and feared. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Good cover story. Did you call it needle phobia or aichmophobia? Because both terms can be used to describe the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But we all have secrets, hopes that stay locked deep inside, trapped by our fears of the world’s judgment. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She looked at Iofur Raknison, so sleek and powerful, and felt a deep sickness in her, like guilt and fear combined. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next night was the same; fear kept me from sleeping. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caught between the hatred he felt toward the soldiers and his fear, he remained unmoving. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dread doused Harry’s jubilation: Ron was saying exactly what he had suspected and feared him to be thinking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Amari said with fear tightening her voice as she carefully washed the child and wrapped her in the blanket. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maester Luwin had warned him to keep the ride short, for fear of saddle sores, but Bran would not admit to weakness in front of his brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was the fear of what they'd do once we were naked and nothing was found. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That this nightmare life of hunger and fear that we’ve been living might be over. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She must have seen his fear because she smiled and said, “Because of all the snow up there. What else?” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was peering in, behind him, and on her face was a great and stark fear; it made her look stripped down to nothing, like a skull with gaping holes as eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I get back to the table, Justin has a look on his face that’s a mix of pain and laughter or maybe fear. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

His half-harelip and hair shock my sister, but his relentless enthusiasm for just—I don’t know—living—would knock the fear out of anybody. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t particularly afraid—or maybe curiosity just won out over fear. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He knew that indeed this man, whatever he was, was not what he feared: he was no shadow or ghost or gebbeth-creature. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My good humor turned to fear as I thought about losing my cow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They operated in the shadows of fear and suspicion, and they served at her command. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“They said the fire might have triggered the headaches, whether it was smoke inhalation or—or fear,” she finishes lamely. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

As though her bones—or some strange force inside them, stronger than her want and her fear and her doubt—took over. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I imagined it was an interrogation room, and I feared what was going to happen to us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Cold air blowing over him and fear billowing backward into the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Will they bite if I shake with fear?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I said that there was a middle ground between white fears and black hopes, and we in the ANC would find it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must say nothing about his mother, for fear Adam would think him babyish. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

At the heart of my confusion was a kind of fear, because as much as I hadn’t chosen to be involved, I was getting sucked in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The moment when he had stood above Mary’s bed and found that she was dead the fear of electrocution had entered his flesh and blood. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seven nodded, pushing down the fear that was becoming all too familiar now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shay’s beauty seemed to snuff out everything inside Tally; her fear, surprise, and excitement fled, leaving nothing but amazement. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Tied hand and foot, sick with fear, Buttercup wasn’t sure what she wanted to happen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They recalled the Treaty of Versailles and how its harsh policies had led to World War II. They feared another harsh treaty could lead to another war. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He feared that Roosevelt wouldn’t live through the night. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

For he desired in his soul, with fear and trembling, all the glories that his mother prayed he should find. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every time I replayed Nationals in my head, I knew it wasn’t fear that had kept me from doing the Amanar; it was good sense. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The boy looked from Clay to each of the young men, and though his little body shook with fear, he didn’t make a sound. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fear was so great I couldn't endure another moment of the conversation. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The torches were going out, she realized with a start of fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

How many young men fear that there is a monster inside them? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We feared then that he had some news of it that we knew nothing of. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Taisin tried to school her expression into one of calm blankness; she had the irrational fear that Kaede could see right through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

However, fearing the same outcome that had kept Egypt independent for generations, Octavian did not appoint a Roman governor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Others feared I might be an Uncle Tom going over to the white side. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The PSFs hated us, so they had to make us fear them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bran nodded, trying not to let his fear show. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And Ben came with momentum, driven by fear as he entered the kitchen as a footsoldier bound by the rites of a perverted chivalry written into the family’s history. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Is it the mob she fears? Or me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To this was added even his own army, for while besieging Aquileia and finding the capture difficult, disgusted by his cruelty and fearing him less, seeing that Maximinus had many enemies, the soldiers murdered him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

If we are mad, then we are safe, but if our fears prove true, we are both lost. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Boots has no fear, nor will she when she masters counting. You like to fly, do you not, Boots? Go for a ride on the bat?” he said mischievously. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily bruised, so swiftly wounded, one falls to the first barbed word. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet chess establishment thought of Bobby as a novinka—a novelty—but, also, someone ultimately to be feared. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This is precisely the sort of thing I feared!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In stark contrast to people’s fears, the Thunderhead did not seize power. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“He serves me with his whole being, as I require. The difference is, he feared you, Percy Jackson. I do not.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He felt not a quiver of fear, not a doubt of his own powers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank Crawley, who came to lunch one day, put me in a little fever of fear when he said something about the sailing races in Kerrith harbour, three miles away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The raid had left traces of great fear on his face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to have any negative thoughts about white people or fear how much worse it could get for Negroes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The old man did not move, watching him in a stupor of fear. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fear that had gripped him when she had stirred made him realize that it would have to be quick and sure. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to show Maya a good time, and so I chose Geja’s Café. It’s terribly romantic, but I fear that it might also be terribly messy—all that melted cheese.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The white men made the rounds last as long as five minutes and each of us was afraid to stop and ask for time for fear of receiving a blow that would knock us out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had spent a third of my life traveling from the place of my birth to the North just to talk freely, to escape the pressure of fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as Vonetta kept her fear to one shriek and Fern kept hers to biting Miss Patty Cake, I kept on spinning straw, making everything all right. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rubs his bald tonsure and says, "Well, I am expected tonight at the Abbey Maubuisson. I fear they will lock the doors on me if I don't show soon." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Once I wouldn’t have done that, for fear of smearing, but now nothing comes off. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of fear and echoes and winter silences, that dog had a voice like a big bronze gong. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

However much we fear the punishment for stealing, our desperation is too strong to stop us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His emotions were scattered: appreciation for Minho standing up to everybody on his behalf, disbelief at Gaily’s continuous belligerence, fear of what the final decision would be. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

But then, it was part of the overseer’s job to be hated and feared while the master kept his hands clean. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My body twitched with fear, and I became dizzy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“If you are the son of Poseidon,” Echidna hissed, “you would not fear water. Jump, Percy Jackson. Show me that water will not harm you. Jump and retrieve your sword. Prove your bloodline.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was the only force I truly feared. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The jump from one ship to the other was nerve-racking, but Nailer was determined not to show any fear. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was regarded by his comrades with contemptuous affection and the unspoken fear men have of impulses they do not understand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to fear, because the ball was far enough away from the dog that there was no way Brutus could get to him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

How had she gone from the most feared prisoner in Endovier to this sappy mess? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pushed down my own fear and ran a hand through Rabia's springy hair. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All reality, I decide, is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

All of the fear, all of the terror, it spilled out of him along with the tears. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bod stared at Scarlett as she walked away, hoping that she would turn and look back, that she would smile or just look at him without fear in her eyes. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And there was the anguish again, surfacing as he confirmed my fear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With some discomfort, he looked upon me, and replied, “Thou hast nought to fear.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t see anyone she recognized; their faces had been transformed by fear. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He had no reason to fear that sort of conversation in this group. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had overcome his fear of the dogs, he was able to appreciate the beauty of the moment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in her weakness, she would be mentally stronger, she would show him no fear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She let the fear burn inside her like fuel, making her voice even stronger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He claimed to have been in fear for his life and to only have triumphed through righteous violence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Shackleton feared that some of the men would die if they didn’t make landfall soon. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And I felt that it was the fear of their enemies that made Communists—unconsciously compensating for their fear—fight one another so doggedly and persistently. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had feared that my teacher would leave me, but it had never occurred to me that I would be saying goodbye to my sister. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Showing fear was the worst thing one could do when confronted by a wild animal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With fingers so heavy from fatigue and fear that she could scarcely force them to move, she cleared the table and put away the untouched food. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I look around at the physical manifestation of Guillermo’s trouble, whatever it is, and a mixture of excitement and fear weaves through me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I do not fear injury, only that I may not acquit myself well. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At Manzanar, past the fear of slanted eyes and high cheekbones, I watched with fresh amazement the variety of faces and bodies and costumes all around me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” she added with fear in her voice. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was wrinkled from hunger and fear. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it was fear so much as the inertia of living in a familiar place that we feel connected to. Nowhere is perfect.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I backed away from her towards the window, my old fear and horror rising up in me again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I can swim like the trout that live in this brook,” I boasted, to cover my fear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were nomads who wandered the countryside without regular work, without families, without masters, and without fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a somewhat mistaken attempt to allay fears, he added that the planes had emergency valves that would allow them to dump their entire load instantaneously. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But he oppressed his own people; he made war on his neighbors; he quite rightly feared invasion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I fear we’ll need them soon enough. As for seeing the future . . . what about the harpy Ella? Has she offered any advice from the Sibylline Books?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Queen’s men, at least in name, both had a healthy fear of her, and Merrel could be formidable when he was not drunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If there should be life on the moon, we must begin by fearing it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never allowed any shooting near the house for fear the quail might go away. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a thing of evil,” Taran said, “and has brought nothing but evil. Now, at the last, I fear it has defeated us.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to put down on paper the labyrinth of my own fears as well as a safe path through that labyrinth. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Faced with the dingy, familiar courtyard, all the eager hopes of the day vanished beneath a torrent of blackest fear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A slow horror was dawning on me through the haze of fear and pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to wash but didn’t dare go to the bathroom for fear he’d follow her in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Frodo, and not the first; though I fear it may prove the worst. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me she was scared I’d expose her—the pencil case, sure enough, vanished from view—and I wanted to tell her she’d nothing to fear from me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was asked as well about the fears of whites. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, Burnham knew, the fair had to be finished, but in the meantime lures had to be cast to encourage people to shed their fears of financial ruin and come to Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With a whiff of fear, we were very often asked if we planned to marry. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“For I am not afraid. With my husband’s death, I have nothing left to fear. You are the bravest of all of us, truly.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I carried myself well, as my father had taught me, with neither fear nor regret on my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fighting off both the sickness and the fear, Frodo gripped Sam’s hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But the question won’t let itself be pushed to the back of my mind today; on the contrary, all the fear I’ve ever felt is looming before me in all its horror. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She stank of blood and sweat and fear, but none of that mattered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His big eyes would wall up to the ceiling with a look of fear in them, and afterward he was very sulky and would not let his friend speak to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only then did I creep toward the church, alone, uncertain, and very full of fear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My skin still rippled from the experience of fear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a day had always come when the web of fear, so expertly spun by Capricorn, tore and the attention of the police was drawn to his men and what they were up to. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even after the slow drag of years, I remember the sense of fear which filled my mouth with hot, dry air, and made my body light. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So long as I have this," he said, lifting the sword from her throat, "there's no man an earth I need fear." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Each step groaned and creaked under his weight; he might’ve stopped for fear of falling through the old wood if he weren’t leaving such an awkward situation below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They explained that many of their friends would stay away because they feared segregationists who warned them against any show of kindness toward us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to think I knew exactly what he meant, and I realized, with some irritation, that I didn’t dare say anything just then, for fear of disappointing him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The tunnel is lit at long intervals, so in the dark space between each dim lamp, I fear that I am lost until a shoulder bumps mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Lita lay back down in the bed, moving as if she feared jostling her head. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’s back to innocence, but still has fear, that death is upon him and drawing near. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I ask, to give her fear a name. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They came at night, wakened him, and then lapsed into silence, leaving him in fear and perplexity. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before you are a man,” he added gently, “you will learn to hate it. Yes, and fear it, too, even as I do.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She tries to forget the fear, the hunger, the questions. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He spoke it to himself on the school bus, causing three different kids to move farther away from him for fear he had lost his mind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had forgotten the fear of the searchers, who seemed to have diminished into the past. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny shiver of fear went up his back. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Oppression and the fear of learning have obliterated almost all memory of ancient Alexandria. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still haven’t gotten over my fear of planes and shooting, and I crawl into Father’s bed nearly every night for comfort. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They just walk around without fear and wait at bus stops and go to parties. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see any sign of fear in him.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to grab it and it bounded past him with a long wail of fear and scampered up the steps and through the door and out of sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Last night I went over some scenarios and got almost giddy—a strange sort of giddy that was speckled with big drops of fear. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The fear was there in the extravagant boys of my neighborhood, in their large rings and medallions, their big puffy coats and full-length fur-collared leathers, which was their armor against their world. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Will looked back through the window at Lyra, and saw her face, moonlit and wide-eyed with fear, biting her lip to keep silent and straining to hear, as he was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was obsessive about my fears, once, in the same way, always trying to make sense of them, over and over again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Even in this place of fear and darkness, the Lord of Light protects us,” Ser Godry Farring told the men who gathered to watch as the stakes were hammered down into the holes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pa says hunger and fear make people turn against one another, so once again we have to flee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took her hands off her belly and pressed them for several minutes against her face, saying Hail Marys until the fear imparted by the dream faded. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feared for him, and I knew I could not trust him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Looking back at early man, perhaps, or at his ape cousins, he saw that running away was what you did instinctively when you were afraid; retreating was the usual effect of fear. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fear that over the years would grow to consume her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew in my heart that any one of us could have achieved what I had; I was lucky that I had parents who encouraged me despite the fear we all felt. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The clearing up certainly needed a lot of work, but it took less time than Sam had feared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The trapped feeling I had from those experiences still made my breath catch in my throat and my heart thump in fear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like Truman, Churchill feared that the Soviets were establishing a zone of total control over Central Europe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ogygia is my phantom island. It exists by itself, anywhere and nowhere. You can heal here in safety. Never fear.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The kids didn’t leave the apartment because they feared the gangs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I did not dare try to give him water from a glass, for fear he might strangle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We respected the power of juju, even feared it, but my family always trusted our faith would prevail. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The anticipation of fighting was almost worse than the fear of it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In my bones I knew I had outgrown my fear of Big Ma and that there was nothing she could do to me, but I stepped away from the window. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it’s fear. Mostly for you, not me. If something happened to any of you because I was there, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She should bring it up, she owed him that, but a wordless fear had seized her, a fear of breaking delicate things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His fear for me has crowded everything else out. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of fear and echoes and winter silences, that dog had a voice like a big bronze gong. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is heavy with our worst fear, greater even than the fear of death: to be factionless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was feared that Morrison planned to kill both children. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And the father watched his son and could feel the drive and the fear, the advance and the retreat, because he could feel it in himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Bigger had asked Gus to be with him in the robbery, the fear that Gus would really go made the muscles of Bigger’s stomach tighten; he was hot all over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since leaving St. Louis, Alice had heard nothing from home and feared her mother’s illness might have gotten much worse. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She usually read to make them sleepy, to drive away their fear of the dreams that were waiting for them in the dark. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember going through my fear landscape with her, our bodies pressed together in the wooden box that enclosed us, my palm against her chest, feeling her heartbeat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At one and the same time he seemed to accept every word and yet to be stricken with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caught Nicole’s eye and they both looked away quickly, as if neither one wanted to ruin the happiness of this rescue with some distant, probably unfounded fear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If you show weakness or fear, they’ll chew you a new bellybutton.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides this, they had used every means to spare themselves and their soldiers fear and hardship, not killing each other in their scuffles, but instead taking each other prisoner without demanding ransom. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Little was in constant fear of losing him and never finding him again. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s a result of all your body heat trapped inside the cast. And you’re growing up—as fast as I feared! Good thing I put you in that body cast.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The hosts of Isengard roared, swaying this way and that, turning from fear to fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jo spoke hopefully, but could not rid herself of the foreboding fear that this ‘little trial’ would be harder than the others, and that Laurie would not get over his ‘lovelornity’ as easily as heretofore. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked into the black eye of the chicken and, thankfully, saw nothing, not a flicker of fear. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He might well die of fear if he stayed here alone all night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bills were repeatedly voted down for fear of interfering with the progress of science, even though other countries —including, ironically, Prussia—had enacted regulations governing human research as early as 1891. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was there, the festering fear, underlying everything she thought and did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Transfixed by fear, I stood rooted to the spot. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like a pebble that starts an avalanche, Matt’s fear shook loose more and more memories. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stench of the man filled his nose; he smelled of fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I say instead to the sandwich-board man, who has now moved away from me, apparently with some urgency and not a little fear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"And yet, I fear that Lord Varys and the Grand Maester have the right of it. The blood will tell. I have only to remember how your sister set her wolf on my son." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was fear that had made him fight Gus in the poolroom. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I also knew that this was what we feared each and every night: the ride of the Klan. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A rumor had been filtering through the streets for some weeks: a rumor that made some people laugh and others grow silent, as some people scoff at ghosts and others fear them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shivering from cold and fear, the four of us remained in our cramped refuge until dusk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Although my parents were unhappy about the arrangement, they didn't dare question it for fear of retaliation by those in charge. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I fear you won’t be seeing her much longer. It sounds as if her time is running out.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have to think, she told herself, though her mind was racing and spinning in fear. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Only when threatened with death could that happen; only in fear and shame, with their backs against a wall, could that happen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My fear spikes so hard I can barely hold the spoon. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Celia says, though she fears he will ask her how she does her magic, and she dreads having to lie to him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She begs that he who comes to her shall be one whose heart knows no fear, and Odin surrounds her couch with flaming fire which only a hero would brave. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost paralyzed with fear when he was led into the great receiving hall and saw Caesar seated in majesty on a gilded thronelike chain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and bit her lip and sent the fear away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Either out of weakness or out of fear, he remained there, undoubtedly to muster his strength. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four they are, and four traits we seek: Courage to face their darkest fears Cuming to outwit their foes Strength of arms and mind and heart Loyalty to break the soul. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That was the way he lived; he passed his days trying to defeat or gratify powerful impulses in a world he feared. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Well enough for a man of my years, my lord," he replied, "yet I do tire easily, I fear." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Any fears I had that some deeper trouble was afflicting the Ford were laid to rest when I tried the ignition and heard the engine come to life with a healthy murmur. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was worse for Moss because his fear had just come true. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In their new home, they were free to travel as they liked, without fear of getting stopped by authorities hostile toward their ethnicity or religion. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’d spend the rest of my days living in fear, looking over my shoulder, tormented by nightmares, waiting for them to finally come back and punch my ticket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There’d been an edge in Baba’s voice, but not from fear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The 1969 film Easy Rider, with its stereotyped portrayal of cracker violence, typified the fear and loathing most liberals, particularly Yankees, felt for poor white Southerners. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey was so far away he was beyond fear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Such a space cadet. He has to learn how to detect hints, and act on them. One day he'll thank me for my tutelage. Alex the Neanderthal dork is beyond help, I fear.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His fear of standing in front of the massive and angry Mother Water Monster vanished. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Negroes with whom I associated feared two things. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam walked along at Frodo’s side, as if in a dream, with an expression on his face half of fear and half of astonished joy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old man will be startled, but his fear will be manageable. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t make it out enough, and it scared him, fear surging into his heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thomas demanded, fear finally giving way to anger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But his words had given Catherine real fear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, Bob ... it was . . . horrible. Never mind, my darling, it’s all over now. She’s gone . . . back ... to where she came from . . . forever. Now we can truly be together, without fear. Clinch. The End. Oh, puke!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

White they seemed now and very old, and as he looked at them, suddenly with a thrill of fear Pippin knew that Gandalf, Gandalf himself, was troubled, even afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped, shrinking in fear, and held the glass to his lips with a trembling hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In spite of the fear gnawing in his stomach and the anguish of missing his family—already—he felt a thrill of excitement. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid to untie or untape her sister for fear of incurring—a word which here means “bringing about”—Count Olaf’s wrath, Violet stroked Sunny’s hair and murmured that everything was all right. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The car drove off and I could see the white man looking about anxiously, fearing a trap; or so it seemed to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a very pleasant afternoon for a walk I fear, Madam.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He dared not light a candle for fear that it be spotted by some prowling savage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Knowing she wouldn’t stand by to watch cattle trample our crops, my fear turned to confusion and I sidled up to Ma. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I am still afraid, but it is an intelligent fear, an extraordinarily heightened caution. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew stronger and stronger on a diet of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

‘We may not shoot an old man so, at unawares and unchallenged, whatever fear or doubt be on us. Watch and wait!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Piper decided not to ask what the twin gods of panic and fear had been doing in Staten Island. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A violent emotion, not fear exactly but a sort of undifferentiated excitement, flared up in him, then faded again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He looked at Brisen over her shoulder with fear and exasperation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet some days she feared that she had not gone far enough. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not that they were hunted or killed, but many left the clinic from fear, and Farmer noted the “paralysis” and “lassitude” among those who stayed behind. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We agreed to stay together, but dates to fancy restaurants, thoughtful gifts, and a constant refrain of sweet nothings didn't allay what had now become my irrational fear about sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Silver stopped short in fear and the crow seemed to dance before him, its great black wings flapping in a horrible commotion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is where Prince Dain’s spies meet,” I inform him, trying to shake off my fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sighed, anxiety coursing in his chest and stomach, the fear of rejection hanging in his mind. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Saw the ferocious look in his eyes and went mad with fear as she had done in the water that time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

There are so many things she wants to say, things she feared she would never have the opportunity to tell him again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

While I had made progress in terms of my opposition to communism, I still feared the influence of Indians. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never dreamed I could get lost, Amaroq,” she went on, talking out loud to ease her fear. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adrenaline was rushing through Wes’s body, followed quickly by fear, but no regret. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I will pass judgment,” Hylla said in an icy tone, “once I have all the facts. That is how I rule—by reason, not fear. First, I will talk with this one.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Moss tried to keep his voice down, but all the fear and anxiety came rolling back into his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And my brother still plays, unwary of his foe. Laertes is vengeful and rebellious. You saw him threaten the king. I fear he may be the next victim.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Yes, down the line, through poverty, hunger, wandering, cruelty, fear, and trembling, to death. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

No hunger then, no thirst, and for the time that the beauty was in him, no fear. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shock was so enormous that I found my own puny fear of exposure melting into a much larger darker terror that seemed to have no boundaries. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anger flooded through me, cutting through the lingering pain in my limbs and any fear I had that he was taking me out somewhere in order to finish the job. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes finally focused through the initial blindness of fear, and he realized it was Minho, with one of Alby’s arms draped across his shoulders, practically dragging the boy along behind him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Again, strangely enough, fear was absent from my sensations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this the honor we gain from following Gwydion? To let ourselves be tracked down like animals? Or do you fear them too much?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Consider a transaction that wouldn’t seem, on the surface, to create much fear: selling your house. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Felicia feels herself getting younger in her sleep, so young in fact that she fears she will die, be driven beyond the womb to oblivion. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Images of the Youns attacking and killing us run in my mind, filling me with fear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One needed a handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was inside the house, I couldn’t see anymore, the tears, the horrible shaking, the fear all coming out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Again she called the dog, louder this time, her voice shrill and shaky with fear, her eyes fixed on me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But even that fear, I know, does not compare to the one that comes next. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She tried to swallow her fear; tried to ignore the prickles of panic that raced along her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Milkman feared his father, respected him, but knew, because of the leg, that he could never emulate him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I am nauseated at work, sick with fear about what might be happening at home. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was a fear of my neighbors. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the Riders cried out, and crouched, holding their arms above their heads, as if to ward off a blow from above: a blind fear and a deadly cold fell on them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This kept me going for almost two weeks, when, with the bottle empty, I returned to the surgery with the fear that I had an ulcer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The tree rats don’t seem to have any fear of humans, so I take down three easily. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger sprang to his feet, galvanized by fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her throat was dry and tight with fear, and every song she had ever known had fled from her mind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What worried her most was not so much putting the powder into Dragon’s bowl, but the fear that at the last minute she might lose her nerve and bungle it somehow. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sniffed carefully and finally ventured to touch his tongue to it, fearing all the while that it might be poisoned food. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The water temperature bubbled a few degrees above comfortable—not scalding as I’d feared, but hot enough to scare me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I can’t see their faces and gestures, their fear and anger, but everything knots inside me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Anya said, but fear settled into her belly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I tried not to even consider the possibility that Barack might lose the election, but it was there—a kernel of fear he and I carried privately, neither of us daring to give it voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He thinks, grasping for thought and reason again, of birth, and wonders, without fear, in a moment of perfect postcoital clarity, whether what he sees is some kind of illusion. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The physiological manifestations of fear, the racing heart, the torched armpits, went on in him without official acknowledgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She was afraid and he could handle her through her fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anya tensed, certain the creature from the arena had followed them somehow, but the sound of whinnying replaced that fear with a new one. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Number one was that he had a pathological fear of thunderstorms. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since that day, Basta had feared this place more than anywhere else in the hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I should be filtering my thoughts, but my anger overrides my fear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The man who fears losing has already lost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A hot shower and a breakfast of French toast helped drive away the fear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blind man was alone now, with his fear, since Leader had gone. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay, not literally murder me, but they'd go mental. It's like...my greatest fear.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to put on the gloves I had been given, but I feared to drop the coin and lose it in the snow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So whenever people saw us, we reminded them of the massacres, and that struck fear in their hearts again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Water rose up and covered my face, and I jerked and kicked up off the bottom with both feet and all my fear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Witchery works to scare people, to make them fear growth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Also, I had come a long way from my days of fear, hatred, ignorance and stereotypes to turn back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a move astonished Spain and the Venetians and stopped them in their tracks, the latter out of fear and the former out of a desire to recover the entire Kingdom of Naples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She feared they would never see their parents again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The fear drained away, but the aftereffects of panic remained, sharpening Kate’s senses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were too happy, precariously so, and she wanted to guard that bond; she feared that marriage would flatten it to a prosaic partnership. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A trickle of fear formed in the back of Dorian’s mind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And she heard about fear, and friendship, and warmth in the cold. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I fall asleep, my dreaming is a medley of all my fears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We fear the enemy shall come to know how many of our number are riddled with disease. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Which is when I feel all the fear. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night: I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

More than his words, his face caused John to stiffen instantly with malice and fear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I hear thumping, and I close my eyes as I remember one of the obstacles in my fear landscape, the fists pounding against my windows and the sightless men trying to kidnap me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was having a great time, while I vacillated between fear and curiosity, between embarrassment and the knowledge that, like it or not, I was having my first sexual experience. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was the most feared boy in the school, at least among the population that did not carry knives. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the presence of this cruelly beautiful man, respect was saturated with fear. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Those mixed bloodlines were always lurking, waiting to peek out, and fear of losing their status kept white people in line. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But fear and violence were the weaponry of both. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I had never felt such fear before, because as the whirlwind blew its debris around me the gushing wind seemed to call my name: Antoniooooooooooooooo... Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is like my fear exposed his own. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The waves of recurring crime, the silly fads and crazes, the quicksilver changes in public taste, the hysteria and fears—all of these had long been mysteries to me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A bit like my fear of killing someone,” Queenie said, “but less specific.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Cold fear was in Pippin’s heart, yet at the same time he was wondering what use he could make of Grishnákh’s desire. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My mother said people feared the Divergent because we couldn’t be controlled. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But once Ernie got him back to his feet and made sure that he wasn’t broken all up, the fear turned into funny. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was shaking with fear, with residual terror that took all the strength out of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At Audrey’s wedding, seeing my brothers in their suits, those black uniforms, my rage turned to fear, of some predetermined loss, and I forgave Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yes, we live, or we’re given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I fear I did forget, my lord. Pray forgive me. For a moment I did not remember that I was talking to a Stark." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sometimes wondered if people had a tendency not to give me their names or ask me for mine because of their fear of getting too close...too close to something so different. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had but one fear here: a dog. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, at Camp Half-Blood, she learned that all children of Athena feared spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It's then that he remembers himself and retreats, a look of terror in his eyes, as though waking from a trance, his eyes shifting back and forth as he stares at me in fear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Is not his fear evident? He will run distracted. He cannot sleep.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and leaned against the wall, nauseated with fear and too weak to stand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, like a lot of parents, I clung to my children, my fear and love intertwined. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Fyrian hid behind the crinkly curtain of the old woman’s hair, staring at the baby with a combination of fear and jealousy and longing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Putting aside his fear of her, he ran into the dining room and slapped her on the back. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to run then, forcing herself onward even though fear pulsed inside her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment there was great alarm; it was feared that the men might have harmed her in some way, or even carried her off with them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Each of them berated you because they feared you and envied you. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Curiously, I was too full of fear to cry now. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she breathed out slowly, very slowly, and all the fear and the desperation that had crept into her since the police had brought her to the orphanage left her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, they seemed to like him, hold him in contempt, and fear him all at the same time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Did he feel fear when he stole things? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“During the storm you said there was fear in the wind,” Ba said to the fish. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s something even the gods fear,” said Hanuman darkly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If Cal gave it up too, the stewards feared that Washington would have little justification for perpetuating its own program without a serious West Coast rival. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was fear in her eyes, but also resolve. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Somehow, all the worries and fears of the past seemed small and petty now. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both appreciate simplicity, and if we are sometimes bored—well, boredom is a pleasing antidote to fear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The day of the master’s departure, I roused myself extra early on account of I feared Madam might do the same. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But inside I’m smiling—because, for the first time in my life, I’ve made fear a tailwind rather than a headwind. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, I see fear flicker in Ainsley’s eyes. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Her tears, heavy with fear, fell against my neck. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Without looking back she fled away from the stream to the woods and ran with all the speed her fear gave her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't pick it up for fear I would keel over and be unable to regain my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Relief was the overwhelming feeling, but also combined with worry over how to get Otto out and fear at what waited for me on the other side of the door. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But there seemed to be a note of haste or fear in his call, and they saw that he was now speaking quickly and urgently to Strider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ophie could feel the fear and desperation that radiated off her mother since they’d moved into Daffodil Manor, the same way it had when they rode the train away from Georgia. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Percy’s pulse was still in overdrive, but it wasn’t from fear of getting into trouble. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I feel the trademark symptoms of fear: sweaty palms, racing heart, tightness in my chest, dry mouth, a lump in my throat, difficulty breathing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Evidently my function in life is to strike fear into the hearts of those who love me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I fear he may already have done so, Papa. I may have seen the fluttering of wings as I awoke this morning.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Jason muttered, though his teeth were chattering with fear. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She talked to him about growth and fear and the self in transition and women's spiritual quest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the fear and suspicion in her face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She must enter without fear and bathe and refresh herself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the walls made of grain sacks and ammunition boxes, of my father’s fears and paranoias, his scriptures and prophecies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But here I was now, less than fifty feet from them, telling myself that the sudden taste in my mouth wasn’t unadulterated, naked fear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking with fear, the man stammered that he hadn’t. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I feared he would be. You will recall, I said as much in council." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I do not fear them,” Taran retorted, “but it is no dishonor to shun them. This is what Gwydion himself would order.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I relished the thought of returning to Santa Maria, going back to school, and not fearing la migra anymore. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They especially feared unconditional surrender, which would allow foreign soldiers to take over their country with no conditions. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their fear draws the attention of the shamblers, and one of them jumps off the raised platform, right down into the seats. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she worried for fear the book would be lost in the library and she’d never be able to read it again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The New-York World Telegram described the reaction to the broadcast as an “epidemic of fear that has no parallel in our history.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Taking long, casual strides, they walk without fear as we did in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed a little to hear the puppy whimper in fear when night fell and Forest turned black. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The reports of Robert's sudden death and Ned's fall had frightened Catelyn more than she could say, but she would not let her son see her fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s not a proper Catholic because he could never receive his First Communion for fear of getting anything on his tongue that might cause a fit and choke him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The look of wild, confused fear he gave me was a brief, sweet pleasure. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He saw her tear-wet eyes looking at him in stark fear and he remembered that no one had seen him leave his room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, sensing all around him reluctance and fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept hidden in the hut, as if they feared to watch, when Ged ran his boat out from the sandy south end of the isle. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

What Will himself feared more than anything was that the authorities would find out about her, and take her away, and put him in a home among strangers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her spirit was so light, so luminous, so gay, that I feared how leaden was my solemnity and silence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you are right,” she says, her voice growing desperate with fear and longing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And eventually, of course, though he did so in fear and trembling, Pacheco had to take his pal outside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they proceeded down the trail, but fearing the soldiers’ ability to track them, they took off back into the woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It drives the fear away and makes it possible someday to visit China, where I know now they don’t sell girls or kill each other for no reason. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “I thank you from my heart for your openness with me & I should dread the feeling that you were concealing your opinions from the fear of giving me pain.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He acknowledged that he feared Hooper more than he feared anything in the world. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

David Shoun said he thought that Bill, fearing he might die, was about to make a declaration—to reveal what he knew about the bombing and the killers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He could smell Horse’s unwashed breeches, the sweet scent Satin combed into his beard, the rank sharp smell of fear, the giant’s overpowering musk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a moment or two Lyra heard a confused babble break out: cries of horror, loud protests, voices raised in anger and fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The one on the tall staff bore the golden lion, as she'd feared. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Helicent caught his left hand between her teeth and worried it so fiercely Reek feared he might lose two more fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I stared at Young, feeling that he was making a dreadful mistake, but fearing him because he had, by his own account, the sanction of high political authority. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think Sam would follow me there for fear of being seen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to Elinor's breathing, and her father's, and more than anything wished for a candle—and a book to keep the fear away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were no more doubts, no more arguments, no more pain, no more fear. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Pa does not fear the Khmer Rouge soldiers will want Meng to join the army because he is physically weak, so Pa allows him to stay unmarried. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No persuasions or enticements could overcome her fear, till, the fact coming to Mr. Laurence’s ear in some mysterious way, he set about mending matters. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Len stirs and winces in pain, but the fear I see in his shuddering chin is the hardest thing to watch. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In that single word, she heard an emotion; it took her a moment to name it: fear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every part of me wants to object to this—especially when he closes the door—but I am paralyzed with the fear of making Adam uncomfortable. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. When I am, I shall master the fear. But we had better tefl Lord Faa about the witches, because the men might not have seen them.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I should never have turned back to look over my shoulder, but I did, more out of instinct than fear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They feared that one of their own might commit an act of violence that would jeopardize their position by allowing the whites to say they were too dangerous to have their rights. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the congregation recited the Twenty-third Psalm—“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for thou art with me...” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Deep down her fear is that this data will be misused.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His fear was too great, he told her, and his course had been set. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He felt such a burgeoning fear in his chest that it was hard to breathe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Something inside of me coiled at his expression, but it wasn’t fear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know, then, that fear comes with the dark. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s as if he’s lived through it before, a long time ago; and despite the unpleasantness, the irritation of it, the combination of boredom and fear, he has a certain fellow feeling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As yet there was no sign of the teeth growing sharper; but the time as yet was short, and there was time for fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It is better to be feared than laughed at "Before they made me angry." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He fears anything he can’t control—and he’s not above hacking my legs off if he thinks it will keep me from walking away from him.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

With the jockeys’ efforts widely perceived as the formation of a union against stewards, owners, and trainers, Pollard feared that he might offend the Howards by crossing the street and walking into the golf club. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One might fear for Rufus, the thieving, simple shepherd, if his path crossed theirs! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He spots me I think and I go stiff with fear. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger stepped forward and reached under his cloak—for the rapier, I feared. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His fatherly affection was not strong, as events proved, but his fear of the gods was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If what you want is to be proved my son, my fears for you are proof enough that I am your father.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cha-Cha whirled around, her eyes wide with fear. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But in my heart I fear for him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He told me once that “youth is wasted on the young” and said it was a shame that other people his age had a fear of computers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mother won’t criticize me in front of him, for fear he might notice my flaws himself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I fight down my fear as best I can. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We could protect our women and daughters from their jungle urges, which Dr. Bertram understood to be a particular fear of southern white men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Charles Taylor would come to power in an election in 1997, winning largely because people feared he would restart a civil war if he lost. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In those miles, along the twisted roads beside the steep mountain, I feared that I would never get back to America, civilization, English and wide streets again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you trust my mother?” she demanded, for his words had awakened a small flicker of anger in her, and she fought back her fear of him with it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the mere knowledge of this mark breeds fear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He’d been taught all his life to fear open spaces like the one in front of him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see fear on that boy’s face, and to see his friend crumpled over on a nearby bench. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tears of nervousness and fear swam in Singer’s eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When everyone finally gathered in the mess hall, it wasn’t quite as bad as Frank had feared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I feared for his life; I despaired that he should ever rise from his bed again; and I could not abide the hunger. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” he said at last, “do you fear to leave Roke? or are you eager to be gone?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know what Hina says about all of it, about not giving in to fear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t trust himself to be disciplined, and he says some fundamental neuroscience has emerged to support his fears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They crossed the hall, walking very carefully for fear of holes in the floor or of anything lying about that they might trip over. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

‘If you swear by your hope of Heaven and your fear of Hell never, never to mention any of this to anyone. Never tell my true name, nor that I have a cup.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm spurred on by fear, trying to apologize as I knock into shoulders and purses and small children. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was drawn to painful thoughts, fear, darkness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Those who fear crowds would have to meet one-on-one, and those who fear psychiatry would be forced to find comfort in untrained friends and family members. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I brought myself back up out of the Heart of Stone and felt a tangle of anticipation and fear at everything that had just happened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hold on to the rails and move forward. The biggest obstacle is fear, and you have no reason to be afraid. Just do what your body remembers.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At this point my fear of getting caught is a faraway thing, I’m more keen on solving the mystery of the angry townsfolk than anything else. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I do not know,” Medwyn answered, “though I fear it may be so.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Amari trembled with fear and disgust, afraid she would become like they were, afraid she already was. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is thick with confusion and, also, fear. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is it!” he yelled, angry, his eyes ablaze, filled with a mixture of venom and fear. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment she learned that she was pregnant, my grandmother was again tormented by fears that the baby would suffer a hideous birth defect. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My fear gave way to anger, and I scrambled for the fallen weapon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feared losing the respect of my parents. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have the same fear in my belly. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to fill up with fear and wanted to put some distance between us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The city folks stood outside on their verandahs, tensed up, shaking with fear. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As if he or she were playing on Petra and Calder’s fears, the thief resurfaced the next morning. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were far enough away for me to conquer my fear, I dashed home and babbled to my mother what I had seen, asking her who the strange men were. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held me very tight, and his eyes questioned me, dark and uncertain, the eyes of a child in pain, a child in fear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once the novelty of moving wore off, I feared Jesse would sink into the same torpid, depressed state he’d been in back in Idaho, only worse. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too much panic and fear, spilling into the streets and rising up into the sky. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Fear took the place of excitement and sorrow, and anger, brother of fear, crept in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was his habit on such occasions to walk among the people, with Gertrude at his side, to win their regard or quiet their fears. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were the most foreign-looking people she had ever seen, and she didn’t feel fear so much as curiosity and a rising excitement. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Emptiness and disorder were the primeval, natural state of the cosmos, and there was always a nagging fear that at the end of time, disorder and void would reign once more. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She could only hear his fear ringing in the air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But I am going to preach to you the troth until you are free of that fear. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected them to fear that the Earthling combination of ferocity and spectacular weaponry might eventually destroy part or maybe all of the innocent Universe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she stepped away, Dany saw that the contempt was gone from the maegi's flat black eyes; in its place was something that might have been fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All she felt was the approach, the closing-in, the dread, the dread that was as pure a distillation of fear as any emotion Isagol had ever made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As I later discovered, they had nearly chosen a different facility because the authorities feared I might attract sympathetic attention at a university hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy knew the desert sensed his fear. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been busy with pain and rage, but not with fear, till now; I had not thought that the Order of Exile might be mere pretext for my execution. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption was kneeling next to her, fear frantic on his face. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z