Sir Ranulph admits to few self-doubts, although he does allow that he is pathologically afraid of heights.

By defining itself negatively, Mr. Fisher says, Germany has become a country that is pathologically afraid of itself.

The Spacers are pathologically afraid of disease.

John encountered an enormous maneater ... and as both of us know, he was pathologically afraid of sharks.

To a being who is pathologically afraid of dying it must have seemed perfect.

It has been suggested that this prenatal trauma rendered James pathologically afraid of unsheathed knives and assassination attempts.

The industry seems pathologically afraid of being identified with the wallowing old family wagon.

This Laura is a genuinely damaged creature, slow-witted, slow-moving and pathologically afraid of the world.

It occurred to him only now that he might have made sure before they left the shuttle that no one was claustrophobic, or pathologically afraid of water.

Although they are both hardened assassins, Wint is pathologically afraid of travel.