Examples of 'had been afraid' in a sentence
Meaning of "had been afraid"
had been afraid: This phrase indicates a past state of fear, apprehension, or anxiety that existed before a specific point in time. It denotes a feeling of being scared or worried about something that occurred or was anticipated in the past
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had been afraid
I had been afraid and hiding all along.
Usha asked her if she had been afraid.
He had been afraid to fly with them.
He had not realized how much he had been afraid.
They had been afraid to go out of their house.
He recalled that some people had been afraid of them.
Kennedy had been afraid of everyone and everything.
They would come up and touch what they had been afraid of earlier.
Perhaps he had been afraid to hear the truth.
It was noted he was the one man Flint had been afraid of.
She always had been afraid of him.
Then He asked them why they had been afraid.
I had been afraid of having no way out.
Or perhaps all the time she had been afraid of something else.
He had been afraid to be trampled by the herd.
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They were also asked whether they had been afraid just before their cardiac arrest.
I had been afraid of him for years.
I asked Ray if he had been afraid.
Kevin had been afraid of that.
I did not compose initially because I had been afraid of them.
She had been afraid to see him again.
The exact thing that Watt had been afraid of had happened.
She had been afraid to tell me.
She told Pam that Jonathan had been afraid of losing her.
I had been afraid that this might happen.
Then she went on to tell me what I had been afraid to hear.
He had been afraid of this moment.
I sent an email so long and indigestible I thought I had been afraid.
Mimi had been afraid someone would find something embarrassing.
But in recent months, he had been afraid.
I had been afraid to seek help.
For a long time, it had been afraid to debate policy.
He had been afraid of getting used to that neutral zone of existence.
But standing at the edge, Manisha had been afraid.
I had been afraid of doing it since my childhood.
How dreadful! He does not miss me that you had been afraid.
I had been afraid to until now.
The man I still loved, in spite of his flaws, had been afraid of disappointing me.
I had been afraid of betrayal throughout.
Didn't get the impression that Anna had been afraid of Julian but it had.
Tom had been afraid of that.
I am getting emotional… as I had been afraid to.
If people had been afraid to hire me.
I had been afraid to go back.
That's what Ethan had been afraid of.
Mike had been afraid of this.
My children… I am getting emotional… as I had been afraid to… having to part with you.
I had been afraid of falling off and getting hurt.
I am getting emotional … as I had been afraid to … having to part with you.
I had been afraid to use it.
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