Word Finder - anxious

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Nervous and worried.

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Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

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I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.

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(of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

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There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.

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Earnestly desirous.

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All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.

Even so, everyone was anxious to get back home.

At her anxious look, he smiled.

Was he that anxious to get her out of his hair?

The idea made her more anxious to get away.

Oh, yes, I know she is anxious, and I will go.

I am very anxious about him.

Belle didn't seem very anxious to attract her attention.

Life was empty without him and no one seemed to be anxious to replace him - especially her parents.

She was almost grateful for the summons then anxious in the next breath.

Betsy was frustrated; anxious to learn if the town of Alder's Bridge existed.

I tried to guess the pieces you liked, I'm anxious to see if I chose correctly.

She sprang forward, anxious to see her brother.

With an anxious look around to make sure no one was watching, Deidre peeked into the open door, hoping it led to a McDonalds or some other place with food.

They drove to the command center in anxious silence.

She was impatient, anxious, emotional… nothing like the women he knew, which both interested him and warned him.

In reply to the count's anxious inquiries as to why she was so dejected and whether anything had happened to her betrothed, she assured him that nothing had happened and asked him not to worry.

Carmen knelt beside it, ignoring the anxious mutterings of its mother.

Dorothy was a little anxious about the success of their trip, for the way Jim arched his long neck and spread out his bony legs as he fluttered and floundered through the air was enough to make anybody nervous.

I was anxious to hear about the meeting between the two women but I didn't want to ask in front of the child.

He's not anxious to resurrect any of his prior difficulties.

I'm not overly anxious to get back on that depressing ship.

But he was anxious to learn.

Piles of gear were stacked about while partners called out to those below, fed line and encouragement, while others watched, a number with anxious looks on their reddened faces as they looked downward.

Her anxious gaze went from Carmen to Alex and back again.

Her parents are very anxious indeed to find a teacher for her.

She was most anxious about the bones.

I have noticed also that she eats much less, a fact which troubles her father so much that he is anxious to get her home.

Sarah's tone had an anxious quality, and Giddon's expression was much too stern for the situation.

She is anxious for her friends to spell, and eager to teach the letters to every one she meets.

Yully grew more anxious the nearer they got; her father was right about the magic feeling stronger.

Suddenly furious and anxious to leave, she pushed open her door and grabbed her stuff.

When I was driving here today, the nearer I got to the house the more anxious I grew.

Martha was anxious to hear about the outcome of the Georgia abduction as I'd not phoned her with the results.

Sofia only half-listened as she led them down the stairs, anxious to get back to Damian and the place that had become her home.

If you sound anxious, it will only upset him more.

Dusty spun again and continued walking, aware of the anxious young man at his heels.

After receiving their thanks, he took off at a jog, anxious, he said, to catch a few more post-storm shots as the sun emerged.

Dean was anxious to not hear about the Hutchins clan but in politeness let the conversation drift a while before he interrupted.

Before Magnitski had finished his story someone else was anxious to relate something still funnier.

Now and then he met Russians with anxious and timid faces, and Frenchmen with an air not of the city but of the camp, walking in the middle of the streets.

Both were as anxious as I to hear the results of Howie's attempt to visit the Vermont bike-riding peeping Tom.

I hadn't a chance to fill Betsy in on my conversation Frank Vasapolli and was anxious to do so.

Though I was anxious to speak with Detective Jackson for an update, it was too early to call.

He walked in rapidly, bowing to right and left as if anxious to get the first moments of the reception over.

Anxious never, ever to run into Talon or his men again, she left the garage and drove through the streets.

Desire nothing for thyself, seek nothing, be not anxious or envious.

Her irritability had suddenly quite vanished, and her anxious, imploring eyes were fixed on him with greedy expectation.

While you were talking in the study I was looking at you, Natasha began, evidently anxious to disperse the cloud that had come over them.

She returned to her friends who were waiting for a full report, anxious and hopeful.

Nothing, just anxious to get home.