Everyone seemed inclined to be silent now, as though holding a secret fear.

He'd deluded himself after all, and his secret fear was now confirmed.

This is my secret fear, and I hold my breath for an answer.

Do you have secret fears about getting what you want?

"Just as the monsters I saw were really only projections of my own secret fears."

This is a secret fear and one that you do not tell your mother.

Such was the effect upon her of her secret fears.

Reading between the lines he would have seen her secret fear for the future.

I will speak to you my secret fear: open revolt is not far beneath the surface.

She felt suddenly close to this scared old woman with her secret fears.