anxiety
noun
distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.
anxieties
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pluralof anxiety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Over the summer, those anxieties deepened after Netflix said it would publish viewership data less frequently.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
We’re awash in apocalyptic anxieties about rogue technology.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
José Rivera’s “Marisol” came out around the same time as Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” and both plays, vibrating with millennial anxieties, carry the earthly battle for human survival up to the heavens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
She preferred it when he spoke Igbo; it was the only time he seemed unconscious of his own anxieties.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
