free-floating anxietyin a sentence
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She exhibits a lot of free-floating anxiety.
free-floating anxiety = anxiety unrelated to specific circumstances
- He is full of adrenaline, his nerves are shot, and his mind is cluttered up with free-floating anxiety-floating around on an ocean of generalized terror.† (source)
- Fear of such judgment may be feeding the free-floating anxiety that we have found, which manifests itself in adamant doctrines of correctness and the firm conviction that "other people" are ruining the language.† (source)