Apprehensive

"Apprehensive," an unnamed Republican official described the mood of Rove & Co. to The Washington Post.

Report For Duty! I Say, On Jan. 20, Kerry Takes Oath 2004

"Apprehensive"; doubtful, filled with forebodings and easily moved.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

"Dawn Wells 'Apprehensive' About 'Gilligan's Island' Remake" -- headline,

Good News, D.C. Unemployment's Up James Taranto 2010

"Dawn Wells 'Apprehensive' About 'Gilligan's Island' Remake" -- headline,

Good News, D.C. Unemployment's Up James Taranto 2010

Apprehensive of what might at any moment happen to him, but by this time aware that the youth was neither positive nor negative for kindness or harm, Michael continued to endure without further battling, until, clean and comfortable, he was put away into a pen, sweet and wholesome, where he slept and for the time being forgot.

CHAPTER XXIV 2010

Apprehensive parents accompanied some of the younger children.

Madrid Teachers Strike to Protest Austerity Jonathan House 2011

Apprehensive of trouble, she had stuffed the few dollars she possessed into her hand-satchel; and so sure was she that disaster had overtaken her brother, that she stumbled forward, sobbing, into his arms, at the same time thrusting the satchel mutely at him.

Chapter 41 2010

Apprehensive about oil development proceeding on their lands, Indians recently protested the Correa regime by blocking Amazonian roads.

Nikolas Kozloff: Chile's Presidential Election and Future of South American Left 2010

Apprehensive of the immediate future, I was prevented from leaving for the safety of a doorway by the taxi's lack of inside handles.

Maggie Van Ostrand: Bullfights Out. Ferdinand In. 2010

Apprehensive guides often start expeditions well before dawn to minimize the chance of getting caught in the recurring afternoon thunderstorms that send lightning bolts down to earth's floor.

Christoph A. Geiseler: Life and Death in the French Alps 2010