Synonym: apprehensiveness, arrest, catch, collar, discernment, dread, misgiving, pinch, savvy, taking into custody, understanding. Similar words: apprehensive, comprehension, apprehend, apprehended, prehensile, comprehensive, reprehensible, comprehensible. Meaning: [‚æprɪ'henʃn] n. 1. fearful expectation or anticipation 2. the cognitive condition of someone who understands 3. painful expectation 4. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
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31. Diplomats watched the events with growing apprehension.
32. A small shiver of apprehension feathered her spine.
33. Circumstances such as these can lead to real apprehension about returning to practice.
34. If the horse is taken to a show, or event, or some other unfamiliar place, its apprehension automatically increases.
35. Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited.
36. On the first two occasions it preceded some terrible event, so he is in a state of great apprehension.
37. The discussion centered on our apprehension of the nature of God.
38. On a bike when encountering hikers, you feel the immediate apprehension and paranoia, even from a distance.
39. Asked to deal with the unexpected, usually without must advance notice, people often react with apprehension or hostility.
40. On her high perch, she had the familiar feeling of exhilaration and apprehension.
41. A person who is alarmed experiences a sudden fear or apprehension of danger - some sort of anxiety.
42. His eyes continually flickered towards the rear view mirror as he monitored the Mercedes' progress with mounting apprehension.
43. Now he shrank inside as a wave of apprehension swept over him.
44. He noticed that the veins were standing out on Michael's forehead and against his will felt a surge of apprehension.
45. Then she put questions to the Archimandrite which provoked a severe apprehension in Miss Logan.
46. Just for a moment my glorious sense of achievement faded into apprehension.
47. It is perhaps inevitable that professionals view advocates with a touch of apprehension and mistrust.
48. No sound came from that direction, but apprehension stabbed at her chest like a thin, sharp icicle.
49. No evidence emerged to justify the apprehension of the authorities, but this did not trouble the court.
50. He looked up and saw Sylvia looking at him with apprehension and pity.
51. There is also a great deal of quite justified apprehension over what is in store in the coming months. Sentencedict.com
52. The Department of Agriculture was apparently unconcerned about the growing apprehension.
53. Police activity centred around the offence and the apprehension of a perpetrator.
54. A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to apprehension of the killer.
55. His eyes are wide as he gazes around in a kind of apprehension.
56. Once more she felt her nerves quivering with apprehension, but when Helen came in she managed to hide her fears.
57. When dawn finally arrived, an ill-rested city streamed to witness the cause of its apprehension being sent to her eternal punishment.
58. She looked from Wycliffe to Lucy Lane and back again with apprehension that was close to panic.
59. From direct apprehension of truth as object we have gone to a criterion of truth that oscillates between subject and object.
60. Sigmar left no heir and his passing must have caused some apprehension amongst the people of the Empire.
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