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Recent Examples of anxiously
Doncaster, England — Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop.
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Families of the trapped -- who are said to be mostly teenage boys -- waited anxiously for news as rescue teams combed through twisted debris and slabs of concrete to find 38 students and workers who were still missing.
—Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
John wasn't allowed in the delivery room and waited anxiously to hear that everything had gone smoothly.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Viewer Reactions The Facebook video amassed over 500,000 views, 4,100 reactions and 592 comments as of Wednesday, as people anxiously watched how the rescue would unfold.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Local governments are anxiously awaiting reimbursement for rebuilding costs.
—Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Because the National Park Service has multiple sites and displays dedicated to slavery, colonization and climate change, the president's critics have been anxiously awaiting the results of the review.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Cliff is anxiously avoiding a pop-up comedy night being held at one of his old haunts, organized by one of his old stand-up pals.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Families of the trapped -- who are said to be mostly teenage boys -- waited anxiously for news as rescue teams combed through twisted debris and slabs of concrete to find 38 students and workers who were still missing.
—Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
John wasn't allowed in the delivery room and waited anxiously to hear that everything had gone smoothly.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Viewer Reactions The Facebook video amassed over 500,000 views, 4,100 reactions and 592 comments as of Wednesday, as people anxiously watched how the rescue would unfold.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Local governments are anxiously awaiting reimbursement for rebuilding costs.
—Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
Because the National Park Service has multiple sites and displays dedicated to slavery, colonization and climate change, the president's critics have been anxiously awaiting the results of the review.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Cliff is anxiously avoiding a pop-up comedy night being held at one of his old haunts, organized by one of his old stand-up pals.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anxiously
Adverb
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Elsewhere, characters wield whatever power race gives them—however uneasily.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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For decades, the industry has thrived—sometimes barely survived—in a paradoxical environment where state-level legality danced uneasily with federal prohibition.—
Robert Hoban,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The film honors Kerr’s achievements in the ring while also presenting his drug addiction, depression, and dysfunctional relationship with Dawn Staples (Emily Blunt) in a series of uncomfortably raw scenes where Safdie turns the audience into uninvited voyeurs to Kerr’s worst moments.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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The kind having to do with allegations that concertgoers were not warned about uncomfortably hot venues used in Madonna’s Celebration Tour concert that Crawshaw-Sparks had dismissed with prejudice on behalf of the pop star and Live Nation.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But substantial uncertainties remain about when Israeli military forces would withdraw from most of the Gaza Strip, exactly how a transitional body would govern and police the enclave, and now, most critically, whether Hamas will acquiesce to the terms of the plan.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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Compounding the problem, doctors often do not have time to wait for lab results before treating a critically ill newborn, leading to reliance on broad guidelines that may not match the resistance patterns in their hospitals.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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