He wrote to Anthony Bacon in January, 1594, that Ralegh was expecting to be nominated a Privy Councillor: 'And it is now feared of all honest men that he shall presently come to the Court; yet it is well withstood.
He feared such a league might prove embarrassing on Ralegh's next visit.
Mr. Gardiner has suggested the very improbable motive for his aversion from a return to London, that he feared he might be torn in pieces by the mob.
If acquaintances who felt how ill he had been treated feared he might be beguiled into abjuring his ungrateful country, others deemed the ostensible gold digging aim of the expedition too simple and bounded for his subtle and lofty ambition.
His fingers on the same side began to be contracted, and his tongue in some sort, insomuch that he spoke weakly, and that it was to be feared he might utterly lose the use of it.
He gave God thanks, he never feared death; and the manner of death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever.
Essex feared that Vere and Ralegh might harbour a mutual grudge on account of the strife over the Cadiz spoil.
He need not have fearedthat it had prevailed, or would prevail, with the nation.
He was long in the limbs, and long in the face, with a shrewd twinkle in the eye, a long nose, and the expression of a man who respected himself and feared nobody.
Ferguson laughed, and Harry wanted to, but feared he should offend the younger journeyman, who evidently had worked himself into a bad humor.
Judging of his school-fellows and himself, he feared that they would look down upon him.
He was feared--and a Head Master who is not feared is not fit for his post; and by bad boys he was hated, and by most good boys he was loved.
Twice during his Parliamentary career Mr. Gladstone offered him important office, and he declined it for a most characteristic reason--"I feared it would be thought a job.
It is most capitally done, and not (as I feared it might be) too directly.
I believe he has told you already that I wrote to him from Boulogne, not knowing what to do, as I had not received the precious volume, and feared you might have some plan of sending it to me, with which my premature writing would interfere.
This soon brought some of the highest nobles to the camp, who excused their tardy appearance, by saying that they had feared for their personal safety in the capital of their enemies.
This liberty six more had, on the same conditions; for after their long imprisonment, it was not feared that they would work any mischief against the Turks.
The Totonacs, finding that their gods were unable to prevent or even punish this profanation of their temple, now believed that they were indeed less to be feared than the Spaniards, and offered no further resistance.
The three men he easily persuaded, but those who remained on board feared treachery, and refused to send a boat ashore.
Yet there was not one on board that feared the shot that came thundering about their ears, nor yet was any man scarred or touched.
The man's gun she feared--but his traps she feared not at all.
Had it been on the other side of the hollow, he would have feared a precipice, and would have been on his guard.
He dropped his unwieldy musket, and clambered into a blackened and branchy hackmatack, so small that hefeared the rush of the bull might break it down.
But the next moment he dropped it, with a slight flush, and gave a quick glance around him as if he feared that unseen eyes might have taken note of the gesture.
Sir Evas scraping his muddy boots, a custom he feared to forget, as Lady Dove might be looking out of the window.
At present he feared she credited him with pure love of humanity.
All this gained her a reputation for unsparing hardness, and made her to be feared as her father had been before her.
She feared no one--she had forgotten what fear was, up there on the Ferner, and she met the smaller life below with the same iron front that had defied the terrors of the elements.
So she floated, struggling always to keep the balance she continually feared to lose, up to the very summit of Murzoll.
The cure purposely avoided looking at her; he feared to disturb her self-possession.
It seemed to be the issue of long ill-health, and the doctors feared that there were no resources of constitution left to carry him through it.
She feared that fiery persuasive quality in Robert she had so often seen at work on other people.
Catherine did not see what good could be done thereby, and feared harm.
Left to herself, it is to be feared that Mrs. Crane would have done fearful things.
Such sorrow with such grace she blended, As if she feared she had offended Sweet Christabel, that gentle maid!
When you got below and took Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake.
My Adjutant, Majthenyi, hearing, feared that he will be sent back, jumped down from his horse and busy himself opening the fence.
The only thing Grant feared was, that he might be attacked heavily by Johnston before he could capture the place.
From the tree-top came low moanings, as from one who feared discovery, and yet could not stifle his voice when spasms of pain returned upon him.
For a minute after she plunged into the forest Madge feared that she had lost her chum.
They feared they had failed, for the plane maintained its course.
The erratic Gorton was to him precisely what the legislators of Massachusetts had feared that he himself would prove to be to them.
That very portion of mankind who are most feared by timid men of property are those who are the last to act in any of the great games which mark the onward course of the world.
To Walter it was a heavy blow; he feared that his own advances had been the occasion of her leaving the house, and he reproached himself bitterly for his headlong folly.
He knew well the plucky, chivalrous nature of the young engineer, and not unnaturally feared that he would expose himself too much to danger.
Mrs. Temple begged to consult her husband, before she expressed her own ideas, as she feared to trust to her unassisted judgment on a point of so much importance.
Why, I remember on Harfonte we had all sorts of hallucinations until Captain Jamison discovered they were exactly that--we'd been hypnotized into seeing the things we most feared by powerless natives who really feared us.
Of all their creations, Charlie and Robin feared and avoided only the Cyclopes, the enormous one-eyed giants which had so intrigued Robin in the encyclopedia that she'd had a compulsion to create them, and had done so.
Oswald; he feared the worst from the way Denny screamed, but he knew it could not be an old meat tin in this quiet and jungular spot, like it was in the moat when the shark bit Dora.
We manned her, though not up to our full strength, because if more than four got on the water came up too near our knees, and we feared she might founder if over-manned.
The Duke of Macedonia and Hippolytus left the imperial palace without a word to anyone, and went off with the doctors, for the emperor feared that if the princess heard of it she would faint and it could be very dangerous for her.
But Tirant feared death and was the more spirited, and he got up first, while the king was still lying on the ground.
We mustn't forget about Lord Agramunt, for he fought so well that the enemy feared him.
He was deeply loved and feared by his subjects and also by the neighboring lords who lived near the empire.
I am the knight of Muntalt, reproachless, loved and feared by many, and I have always had mercy on men.
She feared that her candle might attract attention, but dared not extinguish it and be alone in the dark with--she knew not whom.
He took a little notebook from his pocket, tore out a sheet, and having looked round as if he feared some one might be watching him, he scribbled something on the paper.
The house seemed suddenly so quiet--she hardly liked to break the silence; she feared somebody coming in to see who was playing, for Beryl was nervous at playing before others, although she loved music and could play very well.
She feared losing Pamela's respect, and yet she felt as if Pamela would somehow understand her.
If they were to force them to separate, they fearedhe would die of a broken heart.
We feared that if we insisted, his sickness would grow worse, and so we were compelled to yield.
The whole Province feared him as they would a tiger.
If they took her with them, she not being his wife, they feared for his reputation.
On this account he was greatly feared and detested.
He was a man so greatly feared that even his wife and children dared not approach him.
He was a just man, and feared by the dishonest element of the Court.
The woman's groans seemed to diminish, as if she were dying; and I durst neither stir nor speak; for I feared to do any thing but listen.
At first we feared that we were pursued; but a spy reported that the King himself was among the soldiery, and at the same time a large Roman galley drew near the coast.
Dion feared nothing from the royal boy on his own account, but for his wife's sake he dared not disregard his friend's warning.
He intended to adhere strictly to the truth, though he feared that the reckless deed into which he had suffered himself to be drawn might have a fatal effect upon his future life.
The mourning garments in which Barine welcomed him in the women's apartment reminded him of the envy of the gods which his friend had feared for him.
The anxious woman feared the worst for her brother if Mark Antony should conquer, and yet, with her whole heart, she wished the Queen to gain the victory.
In fact, before her arrival, he had feared that the goblet might be used in some fatal manner if Octavianus should take possession of the city and country, and the wonder-working vessel should fall into his hands.
After accompanying Dion to the harbour, the architect had gone to the Forum to converse with the men he met there, and learn what they feared and expected in regard to the future fate of the city.
She was pleased; for she esteemed Gorgias, and had secretly feared that she might be forced to grieve him by a refusal, but he seemed as if created for her sister.
Sincerely as the majority of the populace mourned the fate of the Queen, and gravely as the more thoughtful feared for Alexandria's freedom under Roman rule, all rejoiced over the lenient treatment of the city.
I secretly feared that Alexas, the brother of Philostratus, had prejudiced her.
She knew the parents of many, and feared that Octavianus would inflict a terrible punishment upon them if, not being enrolled in the army, they fell into his power with arms in their hands.
She, who always feared the worst, saw in imagination the fortunes of war change--and there was reason for the belief.
Everything was to be feared from this rabble, but Philostratus understood how to persuade them to many things, and Alexas had just secured his aid.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "feared" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: afraid; dread; dreadful; scared
