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Recent Examples of anxiously
Fans have been anxiously awaiting the LP since the star first announced it back in April.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Everyone else sat anxiously waiting as city after city was announced before finally hearing Orlando’s name called.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
Courtney Crowder Just before polls closed across Iowa Tuesday, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart was already anxiously awaiting Wednesday — and, really, the next 150 or so until Election Day.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026
Welcome to the start of the 2026 hurricane season, when millions will focus – some slightly, others anxiously – on whether ingredients are coming together in the atmosphere to produce a hurricane or tropical storm.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Shouting, slamming doors and feet stomping are some of the noises that concern many home bakers anxiously awaiting a baking cake.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Immediately, Le Bris was asked anxiously if the club would need a bigger squad.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Her husband and sister followed behind, watching her anxiously through the window.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
This will be Pattinson’s second A24 movie of the year following The Drama, for which his anxiously humane turn earned some of the best reviews of his career.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026
Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Everyone else sat anxiously waiting as city after city was announced before finally hearing Orlando’s name called.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
Courtney Crowder Just before polls closed across Iowa Tuesday, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart was already anxiously awaiting Wednesday — and, really, the next 150 or so until Election Day.
—Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026
Welcome to the start of the 2026 hurricane season, when millions will focus – some slightly, others anxiously – on whether ingredients are coming together in the atmosphere to produce a hurricane or tropical storm.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Shouting, slamming doors and feet stomping are some of the noises that concern many home bakers anxiously awaiting a baking cake.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Immediately, Le Bris was asked anxiously if the club would need a bigger squad.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Her husband and sister followed behind, watching her anxiously through the window.
—Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
This will be Pattinson’s second A24 movie of the year following The Drama, for which his anxiously humane turn earned some of the best reviews of his career.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 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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Most respondents cluster uneasily in the middle, reflecting ambivalence rather than ideological conviction.—
Alexis Montambault-Trudelle,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
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Though initially humbled by a world where women run everything and men fight for recognition, Damien adapts uneasily to the power imbalance and decides to pursue the CEO role alongside Alex.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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Whereas Heineman’s film used its incredible access to the central couple to capture moments that come across as beautifully and uncomfortably intimate and unstaged, Bergh (The Greatest Love Story Never Told) uses his access to make everything pretty and entirely too contrived.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
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There’s a moment inside Nick Doyle’s new show at Perrotin when his AI oracle Ava stops feeling like a gimmick and starts sounding uncomfortably familiar.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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Sea turtles are some of the most endangered animals on the planet, and Kemp’s ridleys, the smallest species out of the bunch, are critically endangered.—
Pat Mueller,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Lakanwal — an Afghan national — is accused of killing Beckstrom and critically wounding Air Force Staff Sgt.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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“Anxiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anxiously. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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