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Recent Examples of anxiously
Meanwhile, tens of millions of people like you and me were left freezing our credit and anxiously monitoring bank accounts for years.
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Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
So for now, Lofland, who plays Cooper Norris, is anxiously awaiting to see what writer and co-creator Taylor Sheridan will dream up for the Norris family.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
The majority of these applicants are anxiously hoping for immediate relief from creditors and debt collectors or asking for funds for urgent care and essential needs.
—Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 18 Jan. 2026
As about 80 community members looked on anxiously, the school board passed the cuts by a margin of 5 to 1 to 1, with Irene Kendrick voting against the proposal and Clifford Ragan III abstaining.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Year after year, Disneyland fans anxiously awaited an announcement that never came.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
There’s no worse feeling than anxiously waiting to be reunited with your luggage.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner Bros.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Six months into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement, fans everywhere are anxiously hoping to learn details about the upcoming superstar wedding.
—Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
So for now, Lofland, who plays Cooper Norris, is anxiously awaiting to see what writer and co-creator Taylor Sheridan will dream up for the Norris family.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
The majority of these applicants are anxiously hoping for immediate relief from creditors and debt collectors or asking for funds for urgent care and essential needs.
—Richard Lane, Des Moines Register, 18 Jan. 2026
As about 80 community members looked on anxiously, the school board passed the cuts by a margin of 5 to 1 to 1, with Irene Kendrick voting against the proposal and Clifford Ragan III abstaining.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Year after year, Disneyland fans anxiously awaited an announcement that never came.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
There’s no worse feeling than anxiously waiting to be reunited with your luggage.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner Bros.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Six months into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement, fans everywhere are anxiously hoping to learn details about the upcoming superstar wedding.
—Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anxiously
Adverb
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This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The message resonated uneasily in Europe, where leaders have spent the past year struggling to navigate a more transactional and confrontational Washington.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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Even so, the current focus on the rest of the world surely sits uneasily with parts of his base.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
15 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The film certainly earns its MPA R rating with graphic violence that carries a rather nasty tone at times and can sit a little uncomfortably alongside the film’s comic and family drama elements.—
Richard Kuipers,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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That is where the Broncos sit today, uncomfortably digesting how Sean Payton’s decision to go for it in the second quarter cost Denver a chance to go to its ninth Super Bowl.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This exchange yielded them two critically important pieces of new information.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, of Sahuarita, was shot and critically injured, according to authorities.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Anxiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anxiously. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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