anxious seat
Also called anxious bench .Chiefly North Atlantic States and Southern and South Midland U.S. a seat reserved at a revival meeting for those troubled by conscience and eager for spiritual assistance.
a state of anxiety, especially about the outcome of a vote, negotiation, etc.: Strikers have been in the anxious seat for the last three days.
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How to use anxious seat in a sentence
As it was, the boys were still on the anxious seat, not knowing which way the cat would jump.
Motor Boat Boys Down the Danube | Louis ArundelIll turn up some day in the anxious seat when you dont expect me.
A Singular Life | Elizabeth Stuart PhelpsThe revival fairly started, the most excitable were soon on the anxious seat.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 | Elizabeth Cady StantonAll of them were eventually received, though some were kept on the anxious seat and held as probationers for a long time.
The Facts of Reconstruction | John R. LynchWhile Gustavus was thus dickering with the Dalesmen, a far more weighty matter kept him continually on an anxious seat at home.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa | Paul Barron Watson
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