All 10 Uses of
anxiety
in
Gone with the Wind
- Filled with her own anxieties, she nevertheless watched him with affectionate pride, for Gerald was an excellent horseman.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- 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.†
Chpt 1.3
- 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.†
Chpt 2.16
- Scarlett was frantic with anxiety.†
Chpt 3.19
- "Oh, I shall die if you tell Aunt Pittypat!" she cried in real anxiety and burst into tears.†
Chpt 4.35
- 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.†
Chpt 4.36
- During those days of anxiety and struggle there was only one dependable, understanding person in her world, and that person was Rhett Butler.†
Chpt 4.38
- In a minute Melanie was in the kitchen, her table napkin in her hand, anxiety in her face.†
Chpt 5.59
- For a moment, her heart stood still and then a queer fear, stronger than anxiety, stronger than grief, began to beat in her breast.†
Chpt 5.61
- No reproach was there, no accusation and no fear—only an anxiety that she might not find strength for words.†
Chpt 5.61
Definition:
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(anxiety) nervousness or worry