ANXIOUSLY in a Sentence

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244 example sentences for ANXIOUSLY, such as:

1. He is anxious to finish the job.
2. She waited before him anxiously.
3. She was anxious to please the smart kid.
4. He was anxious to the point of neurosis.
5. We were anxious about the children's safety.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANXIOUSLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
anxiously
 ad.  with anxiety or apprehension
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Scarlett peered anxiously in the mirror at her sixteen-year-old face as if expecting to see wrinkles and sagging chin muscles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  She was lying back in the chair, her bonnet off, Rhett was slapping her wrist, his black eyes searching her face anxiously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
3  Wade, beaming, pocketed the bill and looked anxiously toward his mother for confirmation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
4  She waited before him anxiously.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
5  Throughout Senior year she anxiously related all her experiments and partial successes to a career.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  He pulled out a blurred sheet of Bristol board and anxiously gave it to her.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
7  She had been crying, I could see, but when I opened my eyes she smiled, peered at me anxiously, and sat down on the foot of my bed.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
8  Grandmother looked anxiously at grandfather.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
9  'You've got something on your mind, Antonia,' she said anxiously.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XV
10  He took her arm and led her away, looking anxiously and continuously down into her face.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
11  The travelers anxiously regarded the upright, flexible figure of the young Mohican, graceful and unrestrained in the attitudes and movements of nature.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
12  Duncan observed with uneasiness, that the scout began to look anxiously about him, as if searching for some further means of assisting their flight.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
13  The youth looked anxiously about him for some weapon, with which he might make a resistance against the attack he now seriously expected.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
14  Heyward began to grow impatient, and turned his eyes anxiously in the direction of Chingachgook.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
15  The men, hiding from the bullets, waited anxiously for it to lift and disclose the plight of the regiment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
16  The common man in every country is anxious for world peace.
17  We were anxious about the children's safety.
18  The government is anxious not to upset the economic equilibrium.
19  Some sedatives produce the para-doxical effect of making the person more anxious.
20  He is anxious to finish the job.
21  She was anxious to please the smart kid.
22  The group leader came up to the reception desk looking anxious.
23  They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as a soft option.
24  He was anxious to the point of neurosis.
25  There is no reason to be anxious about the result.
26  Those anxious for reform say that the present system is too narrow.
27  We had a very anxious time until we knew that they were safe.
28  A desperate tiredness set in after hours of anxious waiting.
29  Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
30  Protesters, anxious over the spending cuts, urged councillors to think again before wielding the axe.