| They guard her phone number jealously, afraid of giving away the methods behind her magic touch. |
| This theory carries a wagonload of design decisions with it, and I'm afraid they aren't easy design decisions. |
| Rules, I'm afraid he's picked up from that obnoxious queenie friend of his. |
| I had been about to close the door, but I stopped, afraid that the noise it would make would be disruptive. |
| His face wore an absent expression, as of deep thought, and I became afraid that if his eyes did light upon me he would nevertheless not see me. |
| He asked the lady's daughter to accompany him to his car as he was afraid of the people screaming at him. |
