How to Use apprehension in a Sentence

apprehension

noun
  • The thought of moving to a new city fills me with apprehension.
  • On the streets of Kyiv, the change fueled some apprehension.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The news that few besides the women and children were saved has caused the greatest apprehension to the fate of these.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • Yet the apprehension to count USC and its coach among the nation’s best persists.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The Irish Petes went back to Scully with a bit of apprehension.
    — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Blige’s apprehension toward success is now a thing of the past.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2023
  • That sense of apprehension has been echoed by Muslims across the state ahead of March 10, when results of the vote will be announced.
    — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
  • At least one of the spheres spent the night in jail after its apprehension by local police.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • But the main source of apprehension is simply the nature of Palantir’s work.
    — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The swims take him through the seasons and, finally, to a Scrooge-like apprehension of his shallow life.
    — Leanne Shapton, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • Despite the apprehension, the deal was approved in March 2021.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Zenon-Reyes fled the state to avoid apprehension, according to the release.
    — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Police said Thomas was in possession of a firearm and shell casings at the time of his apprehension.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The psychics, too, betray their own apprehension as things come to them.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The skepticism has spread to the world of the creator economy, where AI has been met with apprehension.
    — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Border apprehensions dropped 42% in June, the first full month that Biden’s new measures were in effect.
    — Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The information would lead to the safe recovery of the child and/or apprehension of the suspect.
    — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Taking a large or small risk comes with a degree of apprehension.
    — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Was there any apprehension from above or within about her tonal shift?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023
  • For the first demonstration, Smoke placed an arm guard on Kerin for a standard apprehension.
    — Jamie Landers, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Freud could find no way to dispute his friend’s apprehension.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2022
  • But the guidelines exclude cases where a crime is over 10 years old and not the reason for a recent apprehension.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • These are the experiences and places that may cause apprehension as the world reopens, and the tips experts have for handling them.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 13 Mar. 2021
  • At any point throughout the process, whether the first time or this time, was there ever any apprehension about following MJ?
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Beni was a dual-purpose K-9 who alerted to the odor of narcotics and did tracking and apprehension work.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Things start off peaceful, though one of the travelers (Florence Pugh) shows apprehension from the start.
    — Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country, 31 May 2022
  • Beijing led the crusade, but many of the traveling apprehension teams came from the provinces.
    — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 July 2021
  • Thunberg did not appear to be in distress and was smiling at points of her apprehension, video showed.
    — Sean Nevin, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Most of the group seemed unconcerned, but sharing Chi’s apprehension, one of the student leaders spoke up.
    — Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
  • That dreadful record led co-owner John Mara to offer a vote of confidence that was dripping with apprehension after last season.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025

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