trepidation

He said he was full of trepidation when he went along for the first time, aged 77.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

While she has some trepidation, Campbell said she wants to keep caring for patients, as well as advocate for change and better safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The only trepidation would’ve been because this was the power-ballad era of all the hair-metal bands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

As they walked past a small gate at the back and into the courtyard that led to his mother’s chambers, Olanna remembered the trepidation she used to feel coming here.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Next year, Ravinder and Gita will have been married for half a century, the trepidations of youth dispelled by time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

I was nervous that he would have trepidations — ‘Oh, I’ve got this sick person on set.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

I had trepidations about moving there with small children, and we had a few rough months adjusting to the heat and battling intestinal ailments.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

"I had trepidations about coming at all, but I'm glad I did," he says.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

This layer of sand constitutes the anti-vibratory material and confines the trepidations of the engine to the foundation.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by R. E. Mathot