adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an anxious/troubled/worried expression
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She stood looking at me with an anxious expression.
unduly worried/concerned/anxious etc
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She doesn’t seem unduly concerned about her exams.
worried/anxious
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My father watched us go with a worried face.
worried/concerned/anxious etc lest ...
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He paused, afraid lest he say too much.
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She worried lest he should tell someone what had happened.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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Station-masters and conductors were also anxious to emphasize their exalted positions.
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Cindy seemed in some ways proud of the way she had learned to communicate with Robbie but was also anxious about it.
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Although the centre is also anxious to attract women, this will take some time.
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The Finance Houses Association were also anxious to ensure that collection practices conformed to the highest ethical standards.
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The Opposition was also anxious to embarrass the Government, and to trap it within its own latent inconsistencies.
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Reassuring, but also anxious beneath.
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We are also anxious to see marine nature conservation strengthened.
as
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The seller is probably at least as anxious to sell as you are to buy.
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He was as anxious as Betty for Russell to stay in this sunny home with the starched curtains.
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Ministers were as anxious as their predecessors to preserve Britain's privileged position in the Western alliance.
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Each was as anxious as the families and the Managing Director about the opening of their markets.
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There may be nervousness at night, trembling limbs, though not as anxious as Aconite.
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As the Kirkwood tutor, young David seemed as anxious as his employer-friends that the estate should survive.
more
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Stiff and inelegant, she followed him, more anxious than ever in her life to please.
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Few have been more anxious to be remembered for having made important contributions to the greatness of the nation.
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No one is more anxious that the penalties should be apt for the crime than those most immediately affected by prison disorder.
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The farther they went, the more anxious they grew.
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Some horses are actually born more anxious than others, and it makes them particularly difficult to train.
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They were more anxious to escape criticism than to honour Martin.
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If Balbinder didn't get a place at Cedars this year she would become even more anxious about his progress.
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Such horses that are locked up in stables without sensory stimulation for a long period will become permanently more anxious and fearful.
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Hugh Fraser predictably had been most anxious to join his friend and colleague in the dock.
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The most anxious and most depressed kids had the most severe symptoms.
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Yet keeper Craig Nelson's most anxious moments came from Frank McAvennie efforts one in each half.
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He has been most anxious to meet you.
particularly
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They're particularly anxious to hear from 2 men seen near the shop on the night of the murder.
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Add to it any points that you may be particularly anxious to get right and discuss it together.
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They're particularly anxious to find out what's happening.
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They are particularly anxious to hear from a man they think may have witnessed one attack.
so
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In fact, some of them were not even valued, so anxious were the Government to get rid of them.
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Which in turn made me curious as to why the numberdar was so anxious to have me along.
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In fact many parents were so anxious to sign that they actively sought out the petition holders.
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Because officials are so anxious to get good press, there is often tremendous pressure on the government press agent.
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Are you so anxious to know what it feels like to have both eyeballs gouged out, one at a time?
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I was so anxious I could not sleep.
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He couldn't fathom why she was so anxious that no one else should know of his interest in her.
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I see now why you're so anxious to get me married off to Honor.
too
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I was too anxious - far too anxious - and this put my interviewers on their guard.
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They are too anxious about being something else than simply men, not firmly enough poised.
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The last time she had walked down this lane she had been too anxious about Susan to notice very much.
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And she was none too anxious to hear about the show.
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Ari would be far too anxious in a fully conscious state.
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Cranston, too , was thinking about events in the Tower but was too anxious to concentrate on the problems they posed.
very
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She looked rather queasy, and very anxious .
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A: People are very upset and very anxious .
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The most noticeable feature of this session is that everybody is very anxious .
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Mr Tomlinson became very anxious and looked for the passenger both on and under the train.
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There is no doubt that, superficially at least, the transsexual consents, is indeed very anxious that surgery be carried out.
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The Oracle clearly becomes very anxious about this and demands to know their business.
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She subsequently attended the genetic counselling clinic, and was very anxious about the situation.
■ NOUN
face
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Vervet monkeys with their anxious faces come closer to look at us.
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Seeing their sad, anxious faces , I wonder if perhaps Jerry has been presenting his side after all.
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Their anxious faces were hidden behind dark glasses - in case the people holding Ben should recognise them.
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Jim could none the less tell by his anxious face that something was wrong.
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He walked slowly into Blue Horizons, longing for deep, knowing that he had first to face six anxious faces.
parent
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Two hundred of the children brought to the hospital by their anxious parents were recruited into the trial.
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Public schools were probably the greatest victims of the asbestos hoax because of understandable concerns raised by anxious parents .
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Stephen Spielberg says anxious parents should view it first.
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A helpline has been set up for anxious parents .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Please come with me," she said in an anxious voice.
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anxious employees
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Anxious relatives waited at the airport for news of the plane crash.
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After an anxious wait, Audrey was told her father had died.
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an anxious glance
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For one anxious moment, I thought the rope was going to break.
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Gail was feeling anxious and depressed.
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Helen is always anxious about travelling alone.
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In the anxious days that followed, Henry tried to keep his mind off his results.
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Mae cast an anxious look in his direction.
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She knew it was a simple operation, but she still felt anxious .
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There were a few anxious moments for Morgan near the end of the match.
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When you become anxious about sleeplessness, you actually make the problem worse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a long and anxious spell, she recovered.
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And, indeed, she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins.
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But he's just a bit anxious because you have never flown before.
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But Roy had thrown away his script, and he spent an anxious plane journey trying to remember his lines.
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Her long and anxious wait for breakfast had caused her so much stress, that she had developed colic and died.
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Some one with early stages of brain failure can be very aware of it, and anxious about what is happening to him/her.
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Some parents found social work visits made them fearful and anxious and their self-esteem was reduced.
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That flexibility itself is generally associated with more harmonious households and less anxious child-rearing.