anxiety
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Both men continued to show anxiety in a final set which veered between entertaining and excruciating to watch.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Unfortunately, that may result in feelings of anger, frustration, anxiety or hopelessness.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
A key measure of consumer sentiment has hit new all-time lows in recent months amid anxiety about future inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Now the bewildered rodent could do nothing but press his nose against the glass and knock with his tiny, monkeylike paws as his bushy tail flicked to and fro with anxiety.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing anxiety
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