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How to use trepidation in a sentence

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Things like exams, homework, and boring lectures are frequently the cause of much student trepidation.
As the calendar flips to the new millennium, I feel both joy and a sense of trepidation.
Yet there is a hint of trepidation as he voices his fears that his team might struggle to get out of their squandering habits.
This he did, in fear and trepidation, taking with him two other church workers who were accompanying him.
Japanese eat fugu without much fear or trepidation because of the confidence they have in licensed chefs.
But right now the government is shrinking from its duty in addressing such trepidation.
He must have noticed her trepidation, because he veered from the moroseness of the topic.
No wonder there's an air of trepidation deep in the bowels of the new Mound complex as they look forward to seeing the entries.
So, it was with some trepidation that I offered to expose myself to a department of the snotty-nosed blighters little darlings, even with pay.
Yet I approach this New Year's Eve with trepidation, for it will bring an unwelcome change.
We recognise the familiar cushions and head rests, the trepidation of take-off and disguise of bravado.
Until that day, solar astronomers will continue to watch the sun with trepidation, never knowing what might erupt next.
I've a bit of trepidation but I'm relieved we are finally getting somewhere.
Although the physical dangers of public speaking have disappeared these days, the trepidation of that poor message bearer has not.
It's personal, and you can sense, amidst the all the uncertainty and trepidation, American resolve stiffening.
First there is fear, then panic, then trepidation, then horror, then happiness, and finally some incredibly sappy, cheese ball sadness.
My trepidation gave way to guilty chuckles, then belly laughs and then genuine admiration.
I ascended this sheer wall in trepidation, an ice pick in either hand and spike-tipped crampons on my feet.
Dread, trepidation or even uneasiness suggest a fearfulness that has mostly dissipated.
Those who oppose the government do so with some trepidation because it used ferocious violence in the past to silence any challenge.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The front bench students were always in a state of excitement, mingled in some cases perhaps with a little trepidation.
Shriver was in the rear, and in the greatest trepidation for the safety of the President.
I had to try to stop him here, and with fear and trepidation I thumbed the reel.
But three in number, the Indians had entered the district with some trepidation.
When she had thanked him, he asked with trepidation whether she had heard from Jack.
It is the poltroonery of the flesh, and the trepidation of the spirit, that are his worst tormentors.
The Duke pointed out the water jump with some trepidation, but the Prince's glasses rested on it only for a moment.
John Porter viewed this trend with no little trepidation of feeling.
It was with some trepidation that Pierre set out for the creek.
I took it, and began gnawing it, as serenely as possible, in spite of a certain trepidation and the nearly intolerable closeness of the den.
He waited in some trepidation, until he heard Primmie clump downstairs.
Porteous followed, and watched the ululating child with some trepidation.
Between a grand piano and a centre-table piled high with books was space for a half a dozen to walk abreast, yet he essayed it with trepidation.
Newman accepted every proposal, shook hands universally and promiscuously, and seemed equally unfamiliar with trepidation or with elation.
The expectation of our first meeting filled me with trepidation.
The mother held on to him with both her shaking hands, and eyed with intense trepidation every one who walked up to examine him.
Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with.
It was with some trepidation that I perceived the hour approach when I was to repair with my charge to the drawing-room.
Greeted at first with fear and trepidation, the insurrectionists are soon embraced by a growing tide of citizens, ultimately provoking the wrath of the mayor and his cronies.
The word drone generally delineates grim reaper in the minds of Pakistani denizens by up surging the innervations of quietus, consternation and trepidation.
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