With the unreasonable fury of the irrationally afraid, I struck out at him, kicking him in the chest.

Although she had reason to think she was safe, Morn listened in dread, irrationally afraid to hear words that would doom her.

Not irrationally afraid: he knew exactly what it could do.

I eased back on the throttle for what felt like the hundredth time since leaving the Enterprise, irrationally afraid of bumping into something.

Laura was irrationally afraid that if they brought the radio back to life, it would sprout crablike legs of plastic and begin to crawl across the counter.

When the train got under way, he gripped his hands together, irrationally afraid.

The glazing of his eyes made her irrationally afraid that he was having a heart attack.

He didn't so much as whisper aloud: he was irrationally afraid his attacker might hear him.

People are irrationally afraid of it because they know it can happen to them, any time, with no warning.