anxious wait
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
A period of waiting filled with worry and nervousness.
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Examples (10)
- The family endured an anxious wait for news from the hospital.
- After submitting her application, she faced an anxious wait for the results.
- The whole town was in an anxious wait for the storm to pass.
- It was an anxious wait as the doctors performed the delicate surgery.
- He described the period before the verdict as a long and anxious wait.
- The students experienced an anxious wait for their exam scores.
- Despite the anxious wait, the outcome was positive.
- The rescue team began an anxious wait for reinforcements.
- She couldn't shake off the feeling of an anxious wait before her job interview.
- The investor had an anxious wait as the stock market fluctuated wildly.