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.
• If your child is anxious about going back to school, don’t try to talk them out of it.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
• Refuse to let hype or people pressure you to do something that leaves you feeling stressed and anxious.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
• Today, his resting face is grim; his demeanor, anxious and withdrawn.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2023
• Even after the decision, the girl felt anxious about facing her classmates.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Farbstein said the private screening room is also a good option for pets that are anxious, aggressive or have a penchant to fly off, such as parakeets.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Understanding how the nature of human work will evolve is still a mystery that healthcare and other industries are anxious to solve.
  — Amit Garg, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• Therefore, anxious, traumatic, or stressful activities can also show up in their dreams and disrupt sleep.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
• On this track by Lindsey Jordan, a.k.a. Snail Mail, devotion is equal parts anxious and full-throated.
  — Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• When Karen’s eldest daughter Christina (Paula Schindler) joins them from college, too, there’s an anxious void where an embrace should be.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
• 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
• An ad like that, at a time like this, comes from a team anxious to lure fans back in.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 15 Dec. 2017
• Why is the guy so anxious to leave the room or check his watch or shift eye contact?
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024