But fear is spreading well beyond the high-technology sector, as yesterday's results showed.

So, fear of terrorist attacks had spread to the students as well.

Most of the slain mayors have been killed in towns with only a few hundred people, but fear has spread across the nation.

And a new fear is spreading through the marketing department: fear of the little guy.

But she was afraid, and the fear was spreading all through her.

Still, the hotel business is quietly looking for alternatives to make sure the fears don't spread.

He walked for a long time, and the fear which had already taken seed within him spread like a cancer.

It allows a fear of German domination to spread among anxious neighbors.

Yet an "end is at hand" fear has spread among American Jews.

Out on the decks, panic and fear had inevitably spread.