Synonym: agitated, concerned, desirous, eager, fearful, keen, troubled, uneasy, worried. Antonym: easy. Similar words: anxiety, obvious, various, curious, envious, dubious, previous, officious. Meaning: ['æŋkʃəs] adj. 1. eagerly desirous 2. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
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181. Mrs Thatcher is anxious to apply the brakes.
182. She looked rather queasy, and very anxious.
183. The bereaved are normally anxious for a speedy conclusion in these tragic cases.
184. He was as anxious as Betty for Russell to stay in this sunny home with the starched curtains.
185. Cranston, too, was thinking about events in the Tower but was too anxious to concentrate on the problems they posed.
186. Mother's awfully anxious for me to bring a nice girl home.
187. She subsequently attended the genetic counselling clinic, and was very anxious about the situation.
188. He fidgeted with a basketball, anxious for the five-minute conversation to end.
189. They are too anxious about being something else than simply men, not firmly enough poised.
190. Ministers were as anxious as their predecessors to preserve Britain's privileged position in the Western alliance.
191. Are you so anxious to know what it feels like to have both eyeballs gouged out, one at a time?
192. They are not anxious for others to get in on the act.
193. Today he seemed anxious to avoid controversy as he spoke about his new role.
194. Because officials are so anxious to get good press, there is often tremendous pressure on the government press agent.
195. There were a few anxious moments for Morgan near the end of the match.
196. Add to it any points that you may be particularly anxious to get right and discuss it together.
197. Now as then, I was anxious about the people I would meet.
198. In fact many parents were so anxious to sign that they actively sought out the petition holders.
199. Anxious relatives waited at the airport for news of the plane crash.
200. Each was as anxious as the families and the Managing Director about the opening of their markets.
201. Mr Tomlinson became very anxious and looked for the passenger both on and under the train.
202. He has them already, fully developed[sentencedict.com], anxious for us to contact them.
203. That flexibility itself is generally associated with more harmonious households and less anxious child-rearing.
204. Two hundred of the children brought to the hospital by their anxious parents were recruited into the trial.
205. Anxious people become acutely sensitized to their bodies,(www.Sentencedict.com) noticing minor bodily changes upon which they focus.
206. In fact, some of them were not even valued, so anxious were the Government to get rid of them.
207. For one anxious moment, I thought the rope was going to break.
208. But most of all he is anxious about the children of friends and comrades.
209. Two women seemed anxious to provide Tate with an alibi, or to use him as an alibi for themselves.
210. Many of Texas Instruments' new products have assemblies costing thousands of dollars, and customers are understandably anxious regarding service.
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