How to Use anxious in a Sentence

anxious

adjective

• He was anxious for more news.
• He was anxious that the weather would not improve in time for the party.
• It was an anxious night as she waited for her children to come home.
• People are anxious about the future.
• He was waiting at the door with an anxious expression on his face.
• She feels anxious and depressed.
• We experienced a few anxious moments as we waited to hear the results of the test.
• UConn is still a hungry group, anxious for any chance to prove itself, and with strong desire to extend their time together.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2024
• Wyc Grousbeck need to again meet with the team and have more substantive conversations, and attempt to ease anxious minds.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Coming off of a loss to Indiana, Michigan was 5-5 and headed for an anxious offseason.
  — Austin Meek, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
• Although Thore and her dad feel a bit anxious about about Babs' first outing post-stroke, the reality star is also soaking up every moment with her mom.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• But nearly 20 years later the cold sweat against my shivering body, my girlfriend’s colorless face, and the boy’s anxious voice remain, an ever-present trauma.
  — Tara Kangarlou, Time, 19 Sep. 2022
• Boutin has been in remission from thyroid cancer since August, but just had a related surgery last week and the couple was anxious about Boutin inhaling any smoke.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
• The main issue, of course, is the backlash, and not just from the in-group elites who feel blamed, anxious, or threatened by any adjustments in hiring, development, or equitable outcomes.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2022
• With Alzheimer’s disease, for example, a person might be more angry than usual, act paranoid or suspicious of others for no reason, and seem depressed or anxious.
  — Jessie Van Amburg, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
• The markets have grown increasingly anxious about a recession, and stocks have tumbled in recent weeks on investor anxiety that the Fed won’t ease up on its policies anytime soon.
  — Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Sep. 2022
• During the four months of the monkeypox outbreak, health care providers, researchers and an anxious public have scrambled to determine how the virus transmits, how to prevent it and how the infection plays out in the body.
  — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2022
• The culprits are surging inflation, a robust central-bank response, anxious investors and the impact of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
  — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
• The boys stop and an anxious hush falls over the aircraft.
  — Dean Kuipers, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2023
• On most plays, Manziel looked anxious against the rush.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 8 Apr. 2018
• Real life is anxious for the bereft to move on, to heal.
  — Laura Lippman, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• For his part, Hall has been anxious to get home and back to work.
  — Rebecca Kesten, Fox News, 1 July 2018
• Most are just anxious about being among the last to leave.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 25 July 2019
• One thing the novel makes clear from the start is that Ethan is anxious.
  — Cory Oldweiler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• Like many artists at the time, Moon was anxious about the future.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• The price of gold, a haven for when investors feel anxious, fell 2.4%.
  — Alex Veiga, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2021
• Part of being anxious is caused by being on the go all the time.
  — Svetlana Whitener, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• Evans is anxious to turn the page and begin the next chapter in her life.
  — John O'Malley, Post-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2017
• For now, both farmers are anxious to get crops in the ground.
  — Bloomberg.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• But its strength lies in quieter gestures—a rub of the head, an anxious stroke of the ear.
  — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024