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nervousness or worry- Filled with her own anxieties, she nevertheless watched him with affectionate pride, for Gerald was an excellent horseman.1.2 (39% in)
- His two oldest brothers, James and Andrew, he hardly remembered, save as close-lipped youths who came and went at odd hours of the night on mysterious errands or disappeared for weeks at a time, to their mother's gnawing anxiety.1.3 (16% in)
- It was a month before he had news, news that raised them to the heights when they first heard it, but later created a gnawing anxiety in their hearts.2.16 (84% in)
- Scarlett was frantic with anxiety.3.19 (48% in)
- "Oh, I shall die if you tell Aunt Pittypat!" she cried in real anxiety and burst into tears.4.35 (33% in)
- He removed a leather case from his pocket, extracted a long cigar and smelled it approvingly, meanwhile watching her with pseudo anxiety as if he hung on her words.4.36 (43% in)
- During those days of anxiety and struggle there was only one dependable, understanding person in her world, and that person was Rhett Butler.4.38 (64% in)
- In a minute Melanie was in the kitchen, her table napkin in her hand, anxiety in her face.5.59 (38% in)
- For a moment, her heart stood still and then a queer fear, stronger than anxiety, stronger than grief, began to beat in her breast.5.61 (15% in)
- No reproach was there, no accusation and no fear—only an anxiety that she might not find strength for words.5.61 (44% in)
There are no more uses of "anxiety" in Gone with the Wind.
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