Sentences with phrase «justifiable fear»

Pit bull owners stop socializing their dog or taking it out in public for fear of an incident (a justifiable fear, since the «pit bull» is most likely to be blamed for any incident); they assume the worst about normal dog behaviors like grumbling, snapping, or even rough play between dogs; they fail to act when genuine aggressive behavior does arise, because they believe such behavior is in the dog's nature and is not changeable; and they are told by trainers that the situation is hopeless.

And it's that spirit of cussed resilience — tinged with justifiable fear — which I think best captures the mood of this conference.

With more than $ 1.2 billion of goods and services traded between Ireland and the UK every week, there is a justifiable fear of trade exposures within -LRB-...)

There's a justifiable fear that the problems in emerging markets are simply a precursor to a broader global slowdown.

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At times religious teaching has been used to reinforce the fear of leprosy and many Westerners have a justifiable anger at the caste system and practice of untouchability.

While martial law can be justifiable in certain contexts, the way it has been deployed as cover for extrajudicial killings, mistreatment of alleged suspects, and created an atmosphere of fear highlights the illiberal tendencies of Duterte's presidency, and, is reason for concern.

For early - career scientists considering a change, a bit of uncertainty — even fear — is justifiable.

At times she tried to convince herself that the fear that had crept inside her, cleaving to her, was not justifiable; no one had ever raised a hand to her, shoved her around, threatened her.

Climate change, global warming and the justifiable jitters that come with a fear of an environmental apocalypse are scoffed at by many in the current administration in Washington.

Armed with a little knowledge and a lot of (justifiable) fear, firms started to scramble to try to identify white - hat SEOs who could recover their traffic / phone calls / clients after the traffic penalties decimated their business.

However, opponents fear that smaller, legitimate intellectual - property owners and patent holders unable to afford such expenses may choose not to pursue justifiable, good - faith infringement claims.