8 sentences with 'feared'
Example sentences and phrases with the word feared and other words derived from it.
• « The soul can also be reincarnated, and often in an animal like the tiger, so feared and respected. »
• « Like Athens, Sparta dominated its allies, although it did not take advantage of them in the same way as Athens. Sparta resented and, in some ways, feared Athenian power. »
• « Epicurus taught that even if the gods existed, they clearly had no interest in human affairs and therefore did not need to be feared. »
• « Pompey returned in 67 BC and asked the Senate to approve land grants to his loyal soldiers for his service, a request the Senate refused because it feared his power and influence with so many soldiers loyal to him rather than to the Republic. »
• « In Rome, senators feared his power and called on Julius Caesar's old ally Pompey to put him in his place. »
• « His enemies in the Senate feared his tremendous influence with the people of Rome, so the conflict was as much an internal factional struggle among the senators as it was the fear that Julius Caesar would impose some kind of tyranny. »
• « The tax collectors of the Roman state were so feared that many peasants voluntarily gave their land to wealthy landowners who promised to protect them from the tax agents. »
• « These clan leaders feared that if Muhammad's message became popular, it would threaten the pilgrims who flocked to Mecca to worship the various deities: that would be bad for business. »