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Discover LudwigThe phrase "anxious to think" is not commonly used in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used when expressing a desire or eagerness to engage in thought or contemplation, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "She was anxious to think about the implications of her decision before moving forward."
Alternatives: "eager to consider" or "keen to reflect".
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And I can tell you, I'm not anxious to think about that kind of weapon (or something smaller and easier to conceal) being in the pockets and the purses and the briefcases and the shoulder holsters of the throngs surrounding me in my daily rounds in Manhattan.
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When you begin to feel anxious and start to think negative thoughts, thinking those negative thoughts will only make you feel more anxious.
The study authors found that subjects with anxiety were more likely than non-anxious subjects to think a new sound was one that they heard earlier.
It is also a horribly American type: so strong, so anxious to be thought powerful, yet so desperate for tenderness.
There are a lot of feelings & thought subjects we don't want to let go of or view as being stressful because we often want to explore the themes and issues they represent (such as when being angry, or being anxious etc, we want to think about the who, where, what, why etc).
Her consultant advised her to be less anxious because students need time to think about the answer.
Yet when Nietzsche tries to describe all patience as nothing more than a "lingering at the door" and all humility as simply "anxious lowliness," it is natural to think that there is no "objective" fact about "lowness" here but simply a polemical and evaluatively loaded characterization.
The answer to this question, I think, is that we, the Jews, have encouraged the world to think of us as anxious.
Unable to think of a story, young Mary Godwin became anxious: "Have you thought of a story?
I still get so anxious to know what they think of the story I have written.
David thought, anxious to hear, though aware of the time ticking away.
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