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Example sentences for "through fear"

  • Brother Hugh of Peraud, and the other, through fear of martyrdom, confessed and confirmed that which they had said before the Pope and the king, and they escaped, but afterwards they died miserably.

  • So that my hand was numbered[7] through fear on thy garments.

  • For whatever is feared, is prevented from being lost, through fear thereof: thus a man who fears to lose his health, keeps it, through fearing its loss.

  • Therefore if a man shrinks from such like evils through fear thereof, this is not an effect of nature.

  • It is through fear of the king only that men do not devour one another.

  • Another class desist from similar acts through fear of Yama's rod, and yet another from fear of the next world.

  • Through fear of (awaking) his preceptor, Karna became unable to either throw away or kill that worm.

  • Through fear of Kshatriya heroes thou hast betaken thyself to the mountains.

  • And indeed where a multitude of mutineers are concerned, the greatest part of whom have been drawn in by the persuasions of the most hotheaded, or through fear of the most furious, clemency seldom fails of being successful.

  • Tempanius, through fear of an ambush, detained his men till daylight.

  • Because in the hour of battle it is more alert, through fear of its foes, and provisions the rock of its soul, having recourse to Me who am its Fortitude.

  • The fugitives remained for an hour in a state of terrible alarm, not daring to stir, through fear of being discovered.

  • Still, through fear of afflicting her father, she carefully shut up in her heart her sorrow, and only displayed a smiling face in his presence.

  • For any thing given up to pirates or robbers, through fear, is no lawful prize: but it may be recovered, unless a solemn oath of renunciation has been taken.

  • Am I through fear of a mortal, and by obeying his unjust commands, to incur the wrath of Heaven?

  • So that, through fear, he further speech forbore, But changed not therefore aught his former lore.

  • Half dead the lady is through fear endured, Ill by that other's comfort reassured.

  • In this way did a general of no slight merit perish, through fear of false accusations heaped on him in his absence by a faction of wicked men, and which drove him to the utmost extremities in order to preserve his safety.

  • After having taken possession of Cologne he did not leave it till the Frank kings began, through fear of him, to abate of their fury, when he contracted a peace with them likely to be of future advantage to the republic.

  • On their return they reported to their companions what they had done, and, through fear of punishment, took every precaution to prevent the act reaching the colonel's ears.

  • During the night of your escape, we slept but little, through fear that our chaplain might be shot by the guards, and I assure you many fervent prayers ascended to Heaven for your safety.

  • I knew not where to obtain water, not daring to go near a well, through fear of being arrested.

  • I knew it; but unfortunately I did not dare risk doing it myself, through fear of killing the horse.

  • Blas Vasquez, on quitting the colony, struck the Guaymas road, and made his troop go at a sharp trot, through fear of a surprise.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but being; fight the; forked tail; great slaughter; half teaspoon; high mountain; long tail; not too; sixth century; through every; through grace; through his; through ignorance; through life; through many; through natural; through patience and comfort; through the; through the open door; through their; through what; through which; throughout their; whose every; with instructions; you young