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How do you use Apprehension in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like apprehensiveness or arrest, plus the exact meaning.

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Apprehension meaning

  1. The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
  2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
  3. Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

Synonyms of Apprehension

apprehensiveness arrest prospect outlook expectation misgiving knowing savvy discernment understanding fright fearfulness fear dread catch

Related words

Other words often associated with Apprehension or its synonyms:

fearlessness belief emotion capture anxiety soul apprehend tendency hear attract fearful stir

Apprehension vertaling naar Nederlands

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Using Apprehension

  • The main meaning on this page is: The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. | The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. | Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
  • Useful related words include: apprehensiveness, arrest, prospect, outlook.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: grijpen.
  • In the example corpus, apprehension often appears in combinations such as: apprehension of, the apprehension, criminal apprehension.

Context around Apprehension

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

criminal 3× objectless 1× suspect 1× perform 1× following 1× expressed 1× feels 1× understandable 1× rising 1×

Often after:

may 1× bca 1× kohberger 1× uniworld 1×

Sentence patterns with Apprehension

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and objectless apprehension the kind 1× atmosphere of apprehension may be 1× doubts or apprehension when it 1× expressed his apprehension over the 1× following apprehension kohberger chose 1× for the apprehension of a 1× for the apprehension of the 1× friend s apprehension with a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a minnesota bureau 1× academics like matheos 1× after surgery there 1× agents from the 1× another valuable benefit 1× anxiety has often 1×

Common sentence endings:

2023 in addo 1× and evidence searching 1× as work experience 1× divert public funds 1× earlier this week 1× for his life 1×

Words around Apprehension

Just before it in the word index:

apprehensible 2 apprehends 5 apprehending 54 apprehender 2 apprehended 579 apprehend 164

Just after it in the word index:

apprehensions 92 apprehensive 119 apprehensiveness 3 apprentice 461 apprenticed 41 apprentices 181

Similar in corpus frequency:

adept 260 adolescents 260 barca 260 bedrock 260 biopic 260 boro 260

Corpus analysis for Apprehension

  • In this selection, "apprehension" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, criminal, objectless, suspect, may, bca and kohberger stand out and add context to how "apprehension" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and objectless apprehension the kind and atmosphere of apprehension may be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "apprehension" sits close to words such as adept, adolescents and barca, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with apprehension

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigation into the incident is ongoing. (13 words)

Many of them expressed apprehension about the lack of consultation with residents regarding the plans. (15 words)

Agents from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have been called to assist with the investigation. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

After surgery, there is often this apprehension of, ‘If I move or do something, I will hurt or damage the area where I had surgery,’” said an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. (42 words)

That said, however, it would be facile for me to simply gloss over my friend’s apprehension with a possible Peter Obi presidency without allaying his fears of a plausible disintegration of Nigeria under his watch. (36 words)

Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Nomthetheleli Mene commended the police officers involved in the apprehension of three alleged business robbery suspects who robbed a local retail store on 17 January 2023, in Addo. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Anxiety has often been conceptualized as a “diffuse” and “objectless apprehension,”the kind of apprehension that people experience when they feel something bad is about to happen but are uncertain of what exactly.

Academics like Matheos argue that an atmosphere of apprehension may be forcing media outlets to tread cautiously, avoiding sensitive political topics.

According to the statement, the APC is calling for the apprehension of the bannerman for allegedly operating Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) used to siphon and divert public funds.

After surgery, there is often this apprehension of, ‘If I move or do something, I will hurt or damage the area where I had surgery,’” said an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Agents from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have been called to assist with the investigation.

A Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Another valuable benefit of K9 units is their ability to enhance officer safety and assist in suspect apprehension if the situation escalates to that point.

Because Enzo is a nonaggressive K-9 unit who does not perform apprehension or physical protection, Komin said students have nothing to fear while the police dog walks through campus halls.

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During this time, teams work on basic heeling and commands, tracking human odor from point A to B, bite work for the apprehension of a suspect, and building, area and evidence searching.

Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Nomthetheleli Mene commended the police officers involved in the apprehension of three alleged business robbery suspects who robbed a local retail store on 17 January 2023, in Addo.

Following apprehension, Kohberger chose to be handed over to Idaho authorities rather than be held in Pennsylvania.

Leila Navidi, Star TribuneForensic scientists Katie Hook, at top, and Carey Hall, center, showed how the firearm reference collection is used at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Many of them expressed apprehension about the lack of consultation with residents regarding the plans.

On the other hand, Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman expressed his apprehension over the supposed intention of the executive branch to bankroll the Maharlika Investment Fund.

Protagonist Tanjiro Kamado sometimes feels apprehension when facing stronger demons such as Kyogai, Rui, and Daku, while Zenitsu Agatsuma will always scream in terror and run for his life.

Some people might have doubts or apprehension when it comes to full CGI anime and prefer to see the traditional hand-drawn anime instead, which is understandable.

So yeah, I think respectfully, no, there wasn't hesitation or apprehension, we were excited for the challenge.

Sportingly, but with understandable apprehension, Uniworld has agreed to let me join the crew for what can best be described as work experience.

That said, however, it would be facile for me to simply gloss over my friend’s apprehension with a possible Peter Obi presidency without allaying his fears of a plausible disintegration of Nigeria under his watch.

The anonymous bomb threat comes at a time of rising apprehension in the wake of two recent mass shootings, including one just earlier this week.

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Common combinations with apprehension

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "apprehension" in a sentence?
An example: "Anxiety has often been conceptualized as a “diffuse” and “objectless apprehension,”the kind of apprehension that people experience when they feel something bad is about to happen but are uncertain of what exactly." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "apprehension" from authentic English texts.
What does "apprehension" mean?
Apprehension means: The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
What are synonyms of "apprehension"?
Common synonyms of "apprehension" include: apprehensiveness, arrest, prospect, outlook, expectation, misgiving, knowing, savvy. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "apprehension" in Dutch?
"apprehension" translates to Dutch as: grijpen.
How many example sentences with "apprehension" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "apprehension", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.