anxiety
Example Sentences
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The selloff in the tech sector that has heightened investor anxiety over the past week graduated to a new phase on Wednesday: The pullback is over, and it’s now officially a correction.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
In a statement, the university apologised to those affected for "any anxiety" caused.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Every succession moment in Chinese politics brings renewed anxiety about who is or isn’t aligned, who holds what files, whose network might complicate the choreography.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
A punk-vicious “Subdivisions” — “Be cool or be cast out,” go the lyrics — benefited from added grit, while 1984’s “Distant Early Warning” burrowed into nuclear anxiety with unstoppable momentum.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Relief floods through me, as does a renewed anxiety that makes my legs feel mushy.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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