fear

she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it. 🔊

She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves. 🔊

In my youth,’ Father William replied to his son, ‘I feared it might injure the brain; 🔊

Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her; 🔊

They’re putting down their names,’ the Gryphon whispered in reply, ‘for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial.’ 🔊

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