How to Use anxiety in a Sentence

anxiety

noun
  • He's been feeling a lot of anxiety about his new job.
  • She suffers from chronic anxiety.
  • A lot of the city’s anxieties had already fled with the panicked RVs the day before.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The White Lotus theme song is meant to give you anxiety.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Our gardens can be a place of healing and a place to step away from and soothe our anxieties and stress.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Or are Mack’s anxieties getting the better of him once more?
    Ben Croll, Variety, 14 June 2023
  • The two chat throughout the trip to ease her anxiety and build a budding romance as Renn heads home.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
  • And what would the perfect South Asian with anxiety look like, anyway?
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • And should our health take a turn, this noise can become a constant source of anxiety.
    Desiree Nielsen, Bon Appétit, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Between mud, darkness, and snapping turtles, the world of the pond was at first one of anxiety for her.
    Liam Archacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
  • And part of that relaxing is just, uh, putting my brain down, putting my anxiety down.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • When stress and anxiety are stealing your rest, here’s how to chill the F out and finally get a good night’s sleep.
    Ayana Underwood, SELF, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Elsewhere, however, TV is in the midst of an anxiety age.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The heat wave comes amid rising anxiety about climate change.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • But Matthews suffered anxiety the night they were scheduled to meet.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, the mere thought of mirrors being taken away gave her anxiety.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The wait is likely to be met with impatience and anxiety from those invested in the results of top-of-the-ticket races.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Now a mom of 18-month-old twins, Day worries about her mother's anxieties passing on to her children as well.
    Tanay Howard, Parents, 21 Dec. 2023
  • As the uncertainty builds by the day, and Colorado's move to the Big 12 adds to the anxiety out West, saving the Pac-12 on just a short-term level gets tougher and tougher to envision.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
  • My anxiety peaks during awards season, and as the Emmy’s approach I was prompted to get in touch.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Whether the perpetrator’s anxiety is real is not the point.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This, of course, had to do with the fact—in 2020 and just after World War I, when the novel was published—that the world was entering a confusing new age of anxiety.
    Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
  • An anxiety that might be describing the show itself and its initial flush of success.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2023
  • For the past two years, a sinister third wheel had joined: crippling depression and anxiety.
    Gary Gulman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Reynolds adds that at work, he's learned to channel his anxiety into a positive.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • As weeks and months went by, their anxiety gave way to overwhelming excitement.
    Sarah Gish, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Chad Michael Murray is opening up about his decades-long battle with anxiety.
    EW.com, 21 May 2024
  • In Israel, much of daily life returned to its usual rhythms, a day after the attack plunged the country into a state of anxiety.
    Michael Levenson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • In each episode, her guests lie on a cream couch and dive into subjects of love, identity, culture, anxiety and politics.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
  • From separation anxiety in toddlers to the pressure to succeed for teens, all kids experience some level of anxiety throughout their lives.
    Laura Lu, Parents, 20 Sep. 2024

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