He was desperately afraid of making the wrong choice.

We'd moved far from the tree, there was no shade, and we were desperately afraid of making noise.

Anna is desperately afraid that Walter will get bored and leave her.

"He's desperately afraid the whole place is going to go up in smoke," a Western diplomat said.

Brian was desperately afraid his aunt would find out about Cricket.

I am desperately afraid that nuclear bombs will be dropped on the state of Israel.

Breeze saw that the man was desperately afraid, and suddenly she felt sorry for him.

And why are those men down there so desperately afraid of it?

Everyone in the place was desperately afraid of something, he said.

They're desperately afraid of something I can't even begin to guess at.