Preposition: of

• consequence: Many people are fearful of the consequences of being recognized.

• crime: Despite low victimization rates, older people are disproportionately fearful of crime.

• future: In the process of three years the College has moved from a position of strength to one fearful of the future.

Modifying Another Word

• increasingly: Synopsis The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the aging sick king.

• too: People living with deep, cruel scars minds haunted by memories too fearful to share.

• truly: We will close next July and we are truly fearful for the future of our children.

• extremely: He said that she was extremely fearful when she attended the clinic for the first time and thought that she might die.

• so: They are so fearful, so afraid, as we all are.

• quite: But many of us are quite fearful about going and making disciples.

Modifies a noun

• symmetry: Burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

• glance: The velvet-eyed descendant of Eve shot a fearful glance at him and continued, still casually tra.. .

• stimulus: Consistent with neuropsychological findings, both types of fearful stimuli activated the amygdala.

• odd: The defense of the position on the hill was a heroic one against fearful odds.

• judgment: The writer of Hebrews warned then of a fearful judgment of fiery indignation which would devour God's adversaries.

• storm: The night was pitch dark, with a fearful storm raging.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: Students felt most fearful of having their property stolen on campus at night.

• seem: ABOUT THE BOOK Joe Egan is a decent man, yet he seems fearful.

• become: Several others become fearful of a time where they may realize they are living with multiple personalities.

• grow: The UK population is growing more fearful of young people, recent findings have revealed.

• remain: In the days that followed, I remained fearful.