be anxious
Example Sentences
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Homer said that Nix had not appeared to be anxious when she arrived at the station for an initial police interview in November 2022.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
There are lots of reasons to be anxious as a parent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Children may simply have more reasons to be anxious, under pressure from pandemic-interrupted schooling and troubled by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, he told AFP.
From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025
“She just told me not to be anxious about any of this,” Davidson says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
The gyropter was shaking and swaying, but Alice was calm enough, so Malcolm decided not to be anxious.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
