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  • Why, the poor soul, in a few months, by the time perhaps her gra-tulatory visits are half paid her, begins to find appre — hension take place of security.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • The mind, my grand-mamma says, can but be full; and it would have been filled by the circumstance, had not the publicness of the day given me something more of appre — hension.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Lorryn let a few of the old wizard's actual words'laden with anger and appre-hension'sift in past his own thoughts.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • For reasons passing Gerard's compre - hension, Caramon seemed to have a soft spot for the little nuisances.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • Calmly he scrutinized hits fellow diners, seeing nothing to inspire such a sudden upsurge of appre-hension.

    Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995

  • Walker Boh was silent a moment, staring without compre - hension into the other's eyes, searching for something that would give meaning to the other's words.

    The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

  • Alessan regarded me with angry incompre - hension.

    Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986

  • Despite Ethan and Hunnar's appre-hension he ordered all unnecessary personnel off the raft.

    Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979

  • The Stoics considered Fate as an incomplete compre - hension of causal concatenation.

    FORTUNE, FATE, AND CHANCE VINCENZO CIOFFARI 1968

  • We were cut off from the compre - hension of our surroundings; we glided past like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would be before an enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse.

    Heart of Darkness 1960

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