as in apprehensively
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Recent Examples of anxiously
Limon’s family has been anxiously following updates.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Left Arrow Right Arrow As the 2026 NFL Draft soldiered on through Saturday afternoon, many young men anxiously awaited the news of their fates for the next several years of football.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The Angels are anxiously awaiting Yates’ season debut.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
In the new footage, shown during Disney’s presentation on Thursday, Bonnie is gifted Lilypad and immediately gets sucked in, spending all her hours on it day and night, as the toys anxiously look on.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
The party in control of Washington is anxiously looking at the polls.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Adek Stein – a Holocaust survivor from Bialystok, Poland – looked anxiously about the room, struggling with the question he’d just been asked.
—Chad S.a. Gibbs, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Observers anxiously awaited the comet's reappearance but saw nothing.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
While officials are anxiously hoping that the tax revenues will keep coming in, Lamont and lawmakers have not agreed on how to cut taxes.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Left Arrow Right Arrow As the 2026 NFL Draft soldiered on through Saturday afternoon, many young men anxiously awaited the news of their fates for the next several years of football.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The Angels are anxiously awaiting Yates’ season debut.
—Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
In the new footage, shown during Disney’s presentation on Thursday, Bonnie is gifted Lilypad and immediately gets sucked in, spending all her hours on it day and night, as the toys anxiously look on.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
The party in control of Washington is anxiously looking at the polls.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Adek Stein – a Holocaust survivor from Bialystok, Poland – looked anxiously about the room, struggling with the question he’d just been asked.
—Chad S.a. Gibbs, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
Observers anxiously awaited the comet's reappearance but saw nothing.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
While officials are anxiously hoping that the tax revenues will keep coming in, Lamont and lawmakers have not agreed on how to cut taxes.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 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 of this sits rather uneasily with the evidence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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Businesses operate in an environment where formal and informal systems coexist uneasily.—
Oscar de la Rosa,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But the movie itself is uncomfortably problematic in a way that’s hard to overlook.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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Not long into his second term, Bush sat uncomfortably as Stephen Colbert, then a Comedy Central host, hammered him with an aggressiveness unusual for the dinner.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The man accused of killing a Chicago police officer and critically wounding another during a shooting at Swedish Hospital is due in court on Tuesday to face charges from a previous case.—
Darius Johnson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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But a Chicago police officer was dead and another was critically wounded.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Anxiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anxiously. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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