Sentence examples for anxious commitment to from inspiring English sources

The logic of Cal's character works in reverse: His wardrobe and manner are the butt of easy, foolproof jokes, but in time we discover that underneath his clumsiness lies an anxious commitment to his own battered dignity.

The announcement of the labor nominee, Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-Calif ., the D-Calif .of a union family who has a sthengly pro-labor voting recordaughteras a relief tofsome liberals who had grown slightly anxiounionout Obama's commitment to organized labor's agenda.

The most anxious among us formalized their commitment to the city by joining a group called the Stayers.

While the governments of Blair, and now David Cameron, insist academies will raise standards throughout Britain and enable the country to catch up with its educational model state — Finland — there is also a belief that the present cash-strapped government is anxious to lessen its financial commitment to education by encouraging the formation of privately sponsored academies.

And the monarchy's anxious Western backers have reaffirmed their commitment to the dialogue.

But, Ms. Campos added, "We're anxious to see how these directors will demonstrate their commitment to all the News Corporation shareholders and not just the Murdoch family".

Finally, if neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea become sufficiently anxious about North Korea and insufficiently confident of America's commitment to their protection, they could opt to develop their own countervailing nuclear programs, triggering a catastrophic arms race across the region.

An anxious White House understood they were putting the president's commitment to repeal largely in Johnson's hands, and Gates' and Mullen's as well.

Standing in Penn Station amid swarms of anxious commuters trying to get home, Mr. Guinn made a commitment to himself.

By the end, the pat melodrama just seems like so many other portraits of anxious teenagers, with very little to distinguish it outside of a wrong-headed commitment to being noticed.

Barack Obama has proclaimed an unwavering and permanent US commitment to the security of its Nato allies as he mounted a show of solidarity with European nations anxious about Russia's aggression in Ukraine.