Now a new fear threatened her: what could that experience do to the fragile bond they'd been contriving?

The dark fear centered in her chest threatened to flow out and overwhelm her entire being.

"If my mitochondria get sick, then so do I." All the fear which Meg had been trying to hold back threatened to break loose.

The quaking fear that had beset me in the stairwell threatened to return.

She set off a national debate that some fear threatens to reverse years of difficult progress in separating the stigma from the disease.

Then there was dissociation as fear and despair threatened to obliterate her.

Many investors think the Fed will not rescind the third, with inflation so low and fears of Year 2000 computer problems threatening market tranquility.

The fears of the previous night threatened to surface again.

The fear burned at the back of my throat, threatened to spill out in screams.

His heart was beating hard; fear had been building up in him and now threatened to dominate.