How to use feared in a sentence

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• It is feared that climate change could make large parts of the earth uninhabitably hot.From the entry uninhabitably
• During the Cold War, both sides feared that the other was preparing to launch a first strike.From the entry first strike
• Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.From the entry run
• He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.From the entry manhood
• Referring to Lord Voldemort as the most feared person in the world is an in-universe classification in the Harry Potter series.From the entry in-universe
• Straussianism, Yanxiao feared, would "isolate Chinese classics" from his fellow-practitioners in the United States and Europe.2026 March 8, Chang Che, “How China Learned to Love the Classics”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN…. From the entry Straussianism
• He fell seriously ill at 21 with pneumonia and doctors feared for his life.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian. From the entry brush
• In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN. From the entry six
• He feared her device more than his for what was more frightening than an uncertain future?2023 October 31, Garrett Boatman, The Clocks of Midnight, Crossroad Press. From the entry scry
• Within China, Wuhanese have become feared and discriminated against because of the epidemic.2020 May 15, Yuan Yang, “Letter from China: Sichuan goes with the flow”, in Financial Times. From the entry Wuhanese
• The so-called inopportunists feared an infallibility separated from the college of bishops, a personal and absolute infallibility.2018, W. De Pril, M. Lamberigts, Louvain, Belgium, and Beyond, page 486. From the entry inopportunist
• They are literally tensing to brace themselves for the impact of the feared trigger or upsetting experience.2017, Ladislav Timulak, James McElvaney, Transforming Generalized Anxiety: An emotion-focused approach, Taylor & Francis, page 123. From the entry self-interruption
• Most feared of all the Unseelie, the Dullahan is a bringer of dismay and death.2016, Mark Latham, Hunting the Headless Horseman, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry dullahan
• The state’s fledgling pot market, envisioned as a low-key, mom-and-pop industry, would be Wal-Marted, some feared.2016 March 25, Rick Anderson, “Laws may usher in Big Marijuana”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry Wal-Mart
• Bisexuals, she said, glommed onto lesbians because they feared their fathers, or had been devastated by ex-boyfriends.2014 May 28, Sarah Terez Rosenblum, “After 15 Years Of Lesbianism, I'm Dating Men And I Have No Idea What I'm Doing”, in XOJane, archived…. From the entry glom
• I feared most of all a loss of identity, that C. would become 'the one who stammers'".2012 December 6, M. M. Leahy, T. Stewart, “Idiopathic Stuttering Onset in Adults”, in Yvan Lebrun, editor, From the Brain to the Mouth…. From the entry Kellian
• When in panic I feared they, like fluttering pigeons, were liable to do anything.2011, Rahul Bhattacharya, chapter 7, in The Sly Company of People Who Care, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 86. From the entry crappo
• Huge swaths of Port-au-Prince lay in ruins, and thousands of people were feared dead in the rubble.2010 January 14, Simon Romero, “Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead”, in The New York Times. From the entry untold
• Syria's much feared state-security apparatus keeps close tabs on everyone entering and leaving the embassy.2010, Andrew Lee Butters, “Why the U.S. Is Back on the Road to Damascus”, in Time. From the entry keep tabs on
• Feared by the workers, the capangas intimidate laborers and driver off small farmers with bulldozers.2010, Nikolas Kozloff, No Rain in the Amazon, page 163. From the entry capanga
• Everyone feared Bifrost would bend and break under the weight of the mighty thundergod.2010, Heilan Yvette Grimes, The Norse Myths, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry Bifrost
• He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.15 September 2009, Martin Chulov, “Iraqi shoe-thrower claims he suffered torture in jail”, in The Guardian. From the entry pursue
• I feared the sight of encaged animals would be unbearably sad.2009 August 12, Fiona Johannessen, “Other Voices: Inspired by shelter of compassion”, in TheUnion.com, archived from the original on 04…. From the entry encage
• Ragers are feared and detested by teachers for their potential to destroy a lesson.2005, Paul Blum, Teacher's Guide to Anger Management, page 51. From the entry rager
• Our enemy has turned death into something to be feared and, by extension, swept under the rug.2005, Ted Dekker, The Slumber of Christianity: Awakening a Passion for Heaven on Earth, page 84. From the entry under the rug
• Wild beasts, addicts, and Orientals are alike feared as antihumans, negations of humans.2002, Keith McMahon, The Fall of the God of Money, page 190. From the entry antihuman
• The Antwerpenaars feared that this regulation would put a mortgage on the future of the port.2002, Werner van Hoof, Jan Blomme, editors, Momentum: Antwerp’s Port in the 19th and 20th Century, Pandora, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry Antwerpenaar
• She had feared it would be absent forever, until she met Everett.2000, Alice Walker, The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart, The Women's Press, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry Everett
• The stars do not control our destiny and are not to be feared.2000, Christopher A. Davis, Revelation, page 121. From the entry antiastrology
• The staff feared that earlier transfer to unlocked units would increase the abscondence.1998, Compulsory treatment for alcohol use disorders, page 315. From the entry abscondence
• He also feared that Vietnam's fall would lead to dominolike communist successes in Southeast Asia.1991, Eric Foner, John Arthur Garraty, The Reader's companion to American history. From the entry dominolike
• Canada's economy is slowing down, though less so far than extreme pessimists feared.1990, Vancouver Sun, February. From the entry banana peel
• For a moment, she feared he would, like a new puppy, burst through the flywire.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 367. From the entry flywire
• Feared, honored, welcomed, these shamans were familiar figures in tribal circles.1982, Ralph Blum, The Book of Runes, New York: St. Martin's Press, page 26. From the entry runemaster
• It is feared that any major change in its chemistry will render many of these species extinct.1967 July 2, Walter Sullivan, “Science; Threat to the Treasures of the World's Oldest Lake”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry crustacean
• At once he feared his hidden lair had been looted while he slept.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41. From the entry spellbound
• Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Window on the West”, in The Lord of the Rings. From the entry ancientry
• And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared.1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 48. From the entry ravage
• Yes indeed, in so far as he wished, in so far as he feared, to see Mr.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry fugitively
• Crane, rushing in where angels might have feared to tread, made the most of it.1936 February 16, D. G., “‘Ladies of Jury’ by WPA. The Group’s First Play Is Presented Ably. Alice Ellis, in the Role of a Stubborn School…. From the entry Betty Boopish

Meaning of feared

1. adjective Pertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.
2. adjective Regarded with fear, respect, or reverence.
3. adjective Frightened, afraid.

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How do you use feared in a sentence?

Feared is used as an adjective. For example: “It is feared that climate change could make large parts of the earth uninhabitably hot.”

What is a short sentence with feared?

“He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.”

What does feared mean?

Feared means pertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.