At the start of the contact the need to be stroked is so strong that it suppresses their fear.

He fought to suppress his fear, telling himself: No problem, this is a democracy.

Every time we went out I had to suppress my fear of riding in a car.

She had suppressed her fear of the worst, because it was unbearable.

A hunter and his son come, suppressing their fear.

You have to train an animal really long and hard in order to suppress its natural fear of a walking source of magic.

Leah tried to suppress her fear and concentrate on the task at hand.

Seqiro suppressed her natural fear, so that she could be objective.

"If it's true, then how do you suppress your fear of me?"

Valentine had tried suppressing her fear, but it wasn't working.