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Recent Examples of overanxious
But Withers, a 24-year-old UNC graduate student who once starred at North Mecklenburg High, got overanxious at just the wrong time.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2025
Advertisement Perhaps overanxious at the plate with so much on the table, the Mets left the bases loaded in the first and second and stranded eight runners overall through the first five innings.
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Mike Fitzpatrick,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner.
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Robert O'Connell,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
In the wake of humiliation in Afghanistan, would Washington be overanxious to demonstrate America’s continuing strength?
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Washington Post,
29 Oct. 2021
In our overanxious age, worrying is sometimes now associated with the problem of overparenting.
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Perri Klass,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
But his presence was charming, like an overanxious kid brother who nonetheless puts everyone at ease.
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Bill Pennington,
New York Times,
19 Sep. 2020
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2025
Advertisement Perhaps overanxious at the plate with so much on the table, the Mets left the bases loaded in the first and second and stranded eight runners overall through the first five innings.
—
Mike Fitzpatrick,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner.
—
Robert O'Connell,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
In the wake of humiliation in Afghanistan, would Washington be overanxious to demonstrate America’s continuing strength?
—
Washington Post,
29 Oct. 2021
In our overanxious age, worrying is sometimes now associated with the problem of overparenting.
—
Perri Klass,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
But his presence was charming, like an overanxious kid brother who nonetheless puts everyone at ease.
—
Bill Pennington,
New York Times,
19 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overanxious
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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The city is recommending zoning regulations that fall in line with state statute while trying to calm residents who are worried data centers will overwhelm resources like water and energy and impose on their quality of life.
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Hollywood insider Rob Shuter is reporting that guests to the wedding are worried about the itinerary and the scale of the celebration.
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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.
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After a frustrating conversation with a hotel staffer about the air conditioning, a hot and bothered Fuller threw on a ball cap, turned it backward and recorded a rant on his cellphone.
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Anna and Tom’s daughter, Natalie (Lily Collias), views Cady as a source who might finally tell her the truth about her uptight mother and avoidant stepfather.
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The film’s director, uptight Euro expat Max (Christoph Waltz), is initially enraged by their hijacking of the shoot, but his studio fatcat bosses (both voiced by Jeff Bridges) love the unhinged results.
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But the real shock here is Wilde, who not only knows how to keep viewers on the back foot as a filmmaker but slides into a neurotic register and off-kilter comic timing for her high-strung hostess that fit her like rubber glove.
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Angela, a high-strung perfectionist, spends the day meticulously preparing dinner and decorating the apartment for the impromptu gathering.
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At Clis boutique in Melrose Park, owner Jeimmy Espina is nervous and overwhelmed by the number of dead and injured in her home country.
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Apple head honchos are nervous about cybersecurity – and one reason might be a recent supply chain attack on supplier Tata, the largest Indian company of its kind to ink a partnership with the front-running American smartphone company.
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Neither team has pressed forward with much conviction in the first 15 minutes, and after some back-and-forth passing on the back line of the Netherlands' defense, boos could be heard from restless spectators in Monterrey.
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Within a few restless months, the group of strangers have become a fragile family.
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Formerly part of legendary collectors Horace and Holly Solomon’s trove (and rarely before seen in the public eye), the piece shows off the artist’s signature Ben-Day dot design, gathered here to render a distressed young blonde.
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María Eugenia Pardo, a resident of Wellington in Palm Beach County, said she is devastated by the tragedy and distressed because her cousin, his wife, their two daughters and his mother-in-law are missing in La Guaira.
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“Overanxious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overanxious. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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