Definition of Trepidation

a nervous or fearful feeling

Examples of Trepidation in a sentence

Shaking with trepidation, the young man faced his fear of heights by skydiving.  🔊

While everyone else in the room was scared of spiders, Robin had no sense of trepidation when the eight-legged critter crawled up the wall.  🔊

As the earthquake bared down, I was overpowered with trepidation.  🔊

I dread flying, so when the plane took off, my trepidation levels skyrocketed!  🔊

Though the woman was filled with trepidation, she confronted her clown phobia face to face at the circus.  🔊

Not even a beginning standing ovation could lessen his trepidation for public speaking.  🔊

The young woman had a good deal of trepidation of dying while the senior citizen had a joy for living.  🔊

The recent neighborhood crime fills me with trepidation as my house could be targeted next.  🔊

When the lights flickered off, the children screamed in vain except one particular boy who did not exhibit any trepidation whatsoever.  🔊

I do admit, while I'm not afraid of most things, I do, however, have a trepidation for venomous snakes.  🔊

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