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nervousness or worry
- My first anxiety about sharing an apartment with Hester was that Owen might disapprove.p. 502.4
- Noah pointed to him, silently, and I shone the flashlight into Owen's wide and darting eyes, which gave his face the sudden anxiety of a cornered mouse.p. 77.1
- You would have thought she had handed him a live armadillo; his little face reflected his devout curiosity and his extreme anxiety.p. 123.2
- It was doubtless a result of my anxiety concerning his sudden entrance that I once tangled my lower lip in his daughter's braces, retreating too quickly from her kiss—certain I had heard the chief's boots creaking in my near vicinity.p. 134.2
- Some technical difficulties with the harness spared Harold Crosby his first sensation of angelic elevation; we noticed that Harold's anxiety concerning heights had caused him to forget the lines of his all-important announcement—or else Harold had not properly studied his part, for he couldn't get past "Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news ...." without flubbing.p. 172.4
- I find that Holy Week is draining; no matter how many times I have lived through his crucifixion, my anxiety about his resurrection is undiminished—I am terrified that, this year, it won't happen; that, that year, it didn't.p. 283.1
- We should not allow our anxieties about our pending college admission (or our rejection) to keep us from having a good spring holiday, Mr. Early advised us.p. 401.3
- The alertness and anxiety in the Meanys' expressions suggested to me that they remembered how Owen had reproached them for their uninvited attendance at that Nativity.p. 570.6
There are no more uses of "anxiety" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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