Afraid
Afraid adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Both words in one sentence
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Kind of featured in the Woodland Mystery The Mystery of the Dark Old House, but the guy living in the title house is actually nice, just afraid of the outside world.
Source: Madwoman in the Attic -
The second is that if Death looked like Brad Pitt (and Joe's personality was quite nice and kind), people would possibly be a little less afraid of meeting him.
Source: The Grim Reaper -
Beware the Nice Ones / Good Is Not Soft: For all of Ingra and Seahn's claims that Pyrem is too soft to be a good leader, Pyrem shows he isn't afraid to kick major ass if he needs to.
Source: Comic Book / The First
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