" I shall ask him what he wants first, " I said, in considerable trepidation. " A very unlikely hour to be troubling people, and the instant they have returned from a long journey. I don't think the master can see him."
" Well, well." said Greyback, and Harry could hear the tiniest note of trepidation in that callous voice, and knew that Greyback was wondering whether he had just indeed just attacked and bound the son of a Ministry Official.
She parked her bicycle and walked up to his apartment, not without trepidation. aids was then ravaging the gay community in New York, and almost nothing was known about it.
On the morning of the day that the young couple were to arrive, Princess Mary entered the antechamber as usual at the time appointed for the morning greeting, crossing herself with trepidation and repeating a silent prayer.
DePaulo says this is important because people who are comfortable with solitude are less likely to feel lonely than those who view time alone with trepidation.