anxiety definition sentence
Dorothy was a little anxious about the success of their trip, for the way Jim arched his long neck and spread out his bony legs as he fluttered and floundered through the air was enough to make anybody nervous. Your anxiety will only make things more difficult for her. And yet really the anxiety is greater now than the joy. They sat for a while before she felt a familiar sense of anxiety at the reality of her situation. He gave him a smile and a poke and Donnie's anxiety seemed to melt away. In the midst of privation and anxiety, due largely to her husband's precarious health, she wrote continually, and in 1843 published The Mayflower, a collection of tales and sketches. In his anxiety he broke his promise, and Eurydice vanished again from his sight. I was anxious to hear about the meeting between the two women but I didn't want to ask in front of the child. If you sound anxious, it will only upset him more. Sorry to bother you, I said with haste, anxious to get going. Sofia only half-listened as she led them down the stairs, anxious to get back to Damian and the place that had become her home. She was almost grateful for the summons then anxious in the next breath. I am afraid you will conclude that I am not very anxious for a tandem after all, since I have let nearly a week pass without answering your letter in regard to the kind of wheel I should like. You see, I am anxious to accomplish as much as possible before the long summer vacation begins. Anxiety can be either a short term state or a long term  trait . The king knew that Matthew was writing a history, and showed some anxiety that it should be as exact as possible. In times of peace it is kept under, but during war, or whenever the bands of civil order are loosened, it becomes a cause of anxiety and a source of danger. He had risen to fear, heartache, anxiety, bliss, pain and a hundred other feelings that made you beg to be able to bury your head beneath the covers and stay in the warm cocoon of sleep forever. In spite of all her anxiety, Alex was right. Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints and rumination. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events, such as the feeling of imminent death. Anxiety is not the same as fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat; whereas anxiety is the expectation of future threat. Anxiety is a feeling of fear, uneasiness, and worry, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing. It is often accompanied by muscular tension, restlessness, fatigue and problems in concentration. He suffers from test anxiety. [=excessive fear about taking tests]. He's been feeling a lot of anxiety about/over his new job. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples.
It is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior.