anxiety

Example Sentences

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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

That anxiety can be seen in the reaction to Friday’s strong jobs report for May, which sent highflying tech stocks sharply lower and bond yields higher.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

There'd be that massive excitement but also a feeling of anxiety that I was going to be writing myself off for a couple of days after matches.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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