ANXIOUS in a Sentence
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244 example sentences for ANXIOUS, such as:
1. He is anxious to finish the job.
2. He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
3. She was anxious to please the smart kid.
4. We are anxious to know how you managed it.
5. You have poured balm into my anxious soul.
2. He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
3. She was anxious to please the smart kid.
4. We are anxious to know how you managed it.
5. You have poured balm into my anxious soul.
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Meanings and Examples of ANXIOUS
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anxious
a. eagerly desirous
a. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 We are anxious to know how you managed it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it.
3 It was well seasoned, and Whymper had advised Napoleon to sell it; both Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick were anxious to buy it.
4 Of the two, Frederick was the more anxious to get hold of it, but he would not offer a reasonable price.
5 Never fear, good people of an anxious turn of mind, that Art will consign Nature to oblivion.
6 You have poured balm into my anxious soul.
7 He was anxious to see if she had relapsed since the previous evening.
8 He had a jaded anxious look upon him, and his hand, usually steady, trembled in hers.
9 The bearers being now ready to carry him away, and the surgeon being anxious for his removal, those who had torches or lanterns, prepared to go in front of the litter.
10 Hubert shook his head as he received with reluctance the bounty of the stranger, and Locksley, anxious to escape further observation, mixed with the crowd, and was seen no more.
11 The victorious archer would not perhaps have escaped John's attention so easily, had not that Prince had other subjects of anxious and more important meditation pressing upon his mind at that instant.
12 So saying, he took an affectionate farewell of Ivanhoe, who expressed an anxious desire to attend upon his deliverer.
13 It was obvious in the anxious brightness of his eyes, how proud he was, after the great shock, of being alive.
14 But still one little trio was pattering about on tiny feet, alert drab mites, under the straw shelter, refusing to be called in by the anxious mother.
15 He looked at her, and met her heavy, anxious eyes.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 I am not a bit anxious about my battles, If I am anxious I don't fight them, I wait until I am ready.
2 The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms.
3 He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
4 I am anxious to avoid any possible misunderstanding.
5 Both the Americans and the Russians are anxious to avoid conflict in South Asia.
6 The more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you're involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape.
7 He was a bit anxious about the safety of the machinery.
8 We are anxious to maintain our close links with the police.
9 The common man in every country is anxious for world peace.
10 We were anxious about the children's safety.
11 The government is anxious not to upset the economic equilibrium.
12 Some sedatives produce the para-doxical effect of making the person more anxious.
13 He is anxious to finish the job.
14 She was anxious to please the smart kid.
15 The group leader came up to the reception desk looking anxious.