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

When they arrived, their overanxious bus driver got so close to the building that the heat forced them to retreat some distance.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

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