He cannot trust, for fear of who might let the secret slip.(他不能信任別人，因為這可能泄露他們的秘密。)

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.(這兒有許多人不敢因害怕流言蜚語就把自己干掉。)

People don't like to ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant.(人們不喜歡問問題，生怕顯得自己無知。)

We were afraid to say exactly what we thought for fear of seeming too crazy.(我所擔心的是，我們的想法被認為太激進。)

Victims often are reluctant to complain, for fear of retaliation.(受害者常因害怕報復而不愿起訴。)

The report was held back for fear of prejudicing his trial.(因為擔心會使他的審判帶有偏見，該報告沒有公開。)

He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution.(由于害怕遭到懲罰，他不想進一步卷進去。)

Filmmakers need to resist the impulse to move the camera quickly from detail to detail for fear of boring the viewer, to frame the image for the sake of drama alone, to add music for fear of silence.(導演們需要不受一些念頭的影響，比如想趕緊把鏡頭從一個細節轉到另一個細節以免使觀眾覺得無聊，或者認為取景只是為了戲劇效果，抑或是因為擔心太安靜而要添加音樂。)

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.(看守的人，就因他嚇得渾身亂戰，甚至和死人一樣。)

The article was spiked for fear of legal action against the newspaper.(因擔心被提起訴訟，報社未發表那篇文章。)