anxiously

Example Sentences

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I knew this scene and this moment was coming for years, and I’d just been anxiously awaiting it, to see how it would be written, how I would perform in it.

From Los Angeles Times

People were anxiously milling about, some crying and in shock.

From BBC

She dials and we all wait anxiously while the phone rings on speaker.

From Literature

When a colleague asks where he is, she anxiously replies, “Uh, he’s in a personal.”

From The Wall Street Journal

His five children are missing their dad, she says, and the family are still waiting anxiously for answers, not knowing if he was even on the boat hit in the strike.

From BBC