overanxious
Example Sentences
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I felt like we were overanxious parents that go to the doctor and then you get dismissed.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2022
The Dodgers don’t want to get overanxious with their two-time All-Star and the 2016 NL Rookie of the Year who turns 25 in April.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2019
I’m not overanxious about the very idea of “using” a child to make a statement.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018
Conlan appeared a bit overanxious from the opening bell, loading up on his punches and missing his target more often than not, sometimes wildly.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2017
The scene was so entirely a realization of her worst fears that she sensed that her overanxious imagination had projected the figures onto the packed spines of books.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
