Her mother feared that it was a by-product of the boy's not having had a father figure while growing up.

At home my mother always feared that I would drown.

And his mother long feared he might wind up dead, but not disappeared.

My mother always feared what would have happened if she hadn't heard the hounds that day.

But as her mother feared, she was caught crossing the Mexican border.

It is what my mother feared for all her children.

The bride's mother feared that her daughter might then marry and move to California.

His mother fears that means he is alone and cold in a punishment cell.

So the children are not allowed to play outside, where their mother fears the traffic, guns or drugs could hurt them.

Just as her mother feared, she never got to go to a high school dance.