Sentence examples for off the anxiety from inspiring English sources

Mr. Quinn, on the other hand, fed off the anxiety of this surreal moment in history.

Liberals have been relying on the Silver model and others like it, which give priority to state polls for a variety of plausible historical reasons to stave off the anxiety that Mittmentum has induced.

"A tremendous amount of anxiety accompanies the spike," Phillipson adds, "and the mental ritual is an attempt to shut off the anxiety, either by attempting to solve the question or avoid having the thought recur".

The common "spikes" that consume people with ROCD, sometimes up to ten hours every day, are: "What if I don't actually love my partner?" And: "What if they aren't the 'right' person for me?" The mental rituals that follow, Phillipson writes, "are an attempt to shut off the anxiety, either by attempting to solve the question or avoid having the thought recur".

It can lower your blood pressure and heart rate, giving your body an opportunity to relax and fend off the anxiety attack.

But upon her leaving, I'll try to be pragmatic, fighting off the anxiety with distractions, like work, exercise, and the two other kids, husband and dog I live with.

This will automatically take your mind off of the anxiety, and helps keep you calm.

Nevertheless, the show obviously plays off the anxieties that have beset the country since September 11th, and it sends a political message.

The trade-off between the anxiety of screening and the long-term consequences of disease are difficult to quantify, except over very short timeframes when evaluating quality-of life adjustments.

The plot of the movie played off the prevailing anxieties of that time".

Amy Taubin of Film Comment described The Hurt Locker as "a structuralist war movie" and "a totally immersive, off-the-charts high-anxiety experience from beginning to end".