pace anxiously

Frequency: 6.46.8 per million words

to walk back and forth across a small area, especially because you are nervous or worried

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Examples (20)

  • He paced anxiously in the hospital waiting room.
  • She began to pace anxiously while waiting for the test results.
  • The expectant father was pacing anxiously up and down the corridor.
  • He would often pace anxiously before important meetings.
  • She paced anxiously before her big performance, wringing her hands.
  • The mother paced anxiously outside the operating room.
  • I found him pacing anxiously in his office, waiting for the important call.
  • Why are you pacing anxiously up and down the hallway?
  • While the jury deliberated, the defendant paced anxiously in a small cell.
  • They were pacing anxiously as the deadline approached.
  • "Where could she be?" he muttered, continuing to pace anxiously by the window.
  • Don't just pace anxiously; try to stay calm.
  • The general paced anxiously in his tent, awaiting news from the battlefield.
  • He continued to pace anxiously, unable to sit still.
  • Every time the phone rang, she would stop pacing anxiously and rush to answer it.
  • I saw him pace anxiously near the entrance.
  • He had been pacing anxiously for over an hour before the doctor finally came out.
  • She started to pace anxiously when her flight was delayed.
  • The mother lion paced anxiously around her lost cub's last known location.
  • The lawyer paced anxiously in the courtroom, awaiting the verdict.