All 4 Uses of
anxiety
in
A Thousand Acres
- My own ill-humor vanished and I felt a muscle-clenching anxiety rise in my chest and begin to grip my throat.†
p. 140.9 *anxiety = nervousness or worry
- I imagined each of us taking turns telling our stories: Daddy's impatience, Ty's skepticism, Pete's refusal to say much, Rose's angry loquacity, my own stomach-churning anxiety, Pammy and Linda's fear.†
p. 208.4
- The next day she acted completely normal—no stage fright, no anxiety.†
p. 242.1
- There must have been some component of anxiety in this wondering, because it was borne in upon me daily that I was "getting out of hand."†
p. 277.9