anxiety
Example Sentences
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"When he started his new school he started getting up four to seven times a night because of the anxiety of being in a new school with new people he doesn't know," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“When you’re so bought into winning, you’re just trying to do it for your guys in the dugout. It gets rid of any anxiety that you have.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Still, anxiety has been running high on Wall Street about the risks of getting the magnitude of this oil shock all wrong.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Given the confluence of increasing anxiety among young people and couples supplanting procreation with pet ownership while remaining unable to purchase homes, the increased demand for pets in rental housing seems unavoidable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Before long she was telling this stranger about her anxiety in not being able to phone her father, and giving details of her family life, including about her famous mother, Patricia Neal, the actress.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing anxiety
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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