All 5 Uses of
anxiety
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- I shall be all anxiety.†
Chpt 1 *anxiety = nervousness or worry
- He looked about him anxiously in the glare of the lamp, and I could see that his face was pale and his eyes heavy, like those of a man who is weighed down with some great anxiety.†
Chpt 5
- On the other hand, the face and manner of my patron had made an unpleasant impression upon me, and I could not think that his explanation of the fuller's-earth was sufficient to explain the necessity for my coming at midnight, and his extreme anxiety lest I should tell anyone of my errand.†
Chpt 9
- I am not a very heavy sleeper, and the anxiety in my mind tended, no doubt, to make me even less so than usual.†
Chpt 11
- She rose briskly from her chair with the anxiety all swept from her face.†
Chpt 12