The disproportionate fear of mentally ill people committing crimes stems in large part from the way the crimes are carried out.

The guilt, anxiety, fear or anger still stem from within but are not, at least consciously, self-directed.

According to him, the fear of heterosexuality stems from inappropriate parental responses toward the developing male child.

Such fears stem from a belief that competitiveness and aggression are necessary in any intelligent being's goal system.

The most tangible fear stems from what is only now being learned about the long profit surge that helped bring about so much of the expansion.

It was a normal fear, given the look of the wound, yet instinct suggested her fear stemmed more from something else.

The public fears stem in part from the connection between bioremediation and genetic engineering.

This fear stems from the illusion that life is a zero-sum game, that having more people always means slicing a small pie thinner.

In my case, the fear might stem from inexperience.

The fear that the compound is to be used as a religious retreat stems from its sheer size.