Anxiously

Examples

• At two o'clock I descended again to the breakfast-room, a little anxiously. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I must see Venn--I wish I had known it before, said Clym anxiously. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Oh dear,' said Mrs. Leo Hunter, 'how anxiously I have been expecting him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I tried again to sleep; but my heart beat anxiously: my inward tranquillity was broken. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• From the first, I had anxiously considered what I ought to do. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And again the woman anxiously and actively fingered the mattress and added up in her mind and bargained with the old, unclean man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Pray be seated, Mr. Ladislaw, said Bulstrode, anxiously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Eustacia looked for a moment what she felt, and she murmured, lifting her deep dark eyes anxiously to his, I wish I knew what to do. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She explained and then asked anxiously, What about Beth? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I had no hold upon him to make him worse,' pursued the Jew, anxiously watching the countenance of his companion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I don't see Justinian, said Crispin anxiously; but see, there are two women. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I waited anxiously to hear how he would defend it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have searched anxiously, in my own mind, for those means, and I have not found them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Augustine, sometimes I think you are not far from the kingdom, said Miss Ophelia, laying down her knitting, and looking anxiously at her cousin. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Elinor, startled by his manner, looked at him anxiously, saying, What? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Ezra Jennings listened patiently, even anxiously, until I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The pale face looked anxiously and lovingly at him, but she shook her head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The moment he appeared she asked anxiously how long the meeting between her sister and herself was to be still delayed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Maylie was anxiously waiting to receive her son when he reached the cottage. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Aunt Chloe stood anxiously straining her eyes out into the darkness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• We sat down to dinner, and I had an opportunity of observing Richard, anxiously. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The skippers might not like it, objected Dick anxiously. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We both watched Laura more anxiously than ever, sometimes waiting and hoping, sometimes waiting and fearing, till the time came. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She raised them up, looked earnestly at them, twined them around her thin fingers, and looked from time to time, anxiously at her father. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Jane, I shall watch you closely and anxiously--I warn you of that. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mrs. Garth laid her work on her knee, and fixed her penetrating eyes anxiously on her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She turned on her father's knee, and gazed at her foe anxiously and long. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There is no knowing to what lengths the mischief may go, said Sir James, anxiously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mr. Tupman, Mr. Snodgrass, and Mr. Winkle, who had been anxiously waiting the arrival of their illustrious leader, crowded to welcome him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• So anxiously looked forward to, charged with such consequences, its results so impenetrably hidden, though so near. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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