afraid of's Usage Examples:

Turnbull Thomson"s survey of inland Otago in which local wild pigs were so unafraid of humans that a huge boar approached his party and rubbed its nose against.

This is why, Mabel explains, she is no longer afraid of him or of others like him.

Ars moriendi consists of six chapters:The first chapter explains that dying has a good side, and serves to console the dying man that death is not something to be afraid of.

loves him and is afraid of learning the answer, and so he prefers to fantasize that she does.

William Shakespeare mentioned Birnam Wood in Macbeth: MACBETH: I will not be afraid of death and bane, till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane.

"Obituary: playwright Peter Nichols – "Never afraid of tackling the thorniest of issues head-on"".

Here, Roger Ebert observes, His characters often speak as if they're wary of the world, afraid of being misquoted, reluctant to say what's on their minds: As a protective shield, they fall into precise legalisms, invoking old sayings as if they're magic charms.

The natives were at first afraid of the American soldiers.

Foreman said that Kramer was afraid of what would happen to him and his career if Kramer didn't cooperate with the committee.

She singles out Ruth and berates her for "tiptoeing around her own house like she"s afraid of waking someone up".

1990s with rumor of Mainland China declaring war on Taiwan, both sides tense up afraid of war breaking out.

The song deals with the progress of humanity towards "a new day", contending that this is not something to be afraid of.

On receiving a report that Paul was a Roman citizen and then making personal inquiry, Claudius is afraid of having violated the rights of a Roman by having him bound (see Roman Citizenship below).

Synonyms:

conflict, struggle, battle,

Antonyms:

agreement, keep, compatibility, make peace,