as in anxiously
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Recent Examples of apprehensively
This show of sweetness fighting back against a sense of hopelessness builds an apprehensively brighter perspective than earlier work.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensively
Adverb
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For the 50th time, doctors were transplanting a heart into a patient whose family had waited anxiously about a year for the miracle.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Iranian Americans in metro Atlanta said their phones were buzzing as events unfolded overseas, and now many are anxiously waiting for the next message from family back home.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Last August, sandwiched uneasily between thousands in Grant Park, when Sabrina Carpenter invited out Earth, Wind and Fire, and Lollapalooza erupted in surprise, my internal sensitivity switch flipped and, again, tears.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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North Korea's leadership likely watched uneasily as the strikes killed Iran's supreme leader.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Kudos to them, and kudos to writer-director Bronstein for bringing so much humor and righteous anger to this script while at the same time pushing her camera in so uncomfortably close.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Though this would be uncomfortably close quarters for most people, Kay and Dorothy’s volatile relationship, Lucy’s grief and Pete and Kay’s unique bond make the situation especially tense.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Apprehensively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensively. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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