Sleepless, my adrenaline surging and my anxiety peaking, the current level would prove miniscule when compared with unforeseen events later this day, I remained dependent upon a meglomaniac in possession of a private agenda.
I know I'm supposed to be a pro in these situations, but I could not stop a despairing rush of anxiety from surging through me.
My competitive anxiety surged when I read Paul's descriptions of the educational videos and software many parents buy, and it shot positively through the roof after reading the testimonials from those who insist that the "Your Baby Can Read!" videos allowed their child to read by age 1.
But I felt a sudden surge of anxiety.
Great surges of anxiety, hysteria and paranoia underlie the comedy of Blithe Spirit.
And as she watched him drive away, she felt a surge of anxiety.
Bradford A. Berenson, a White House lawyer in the Bush administration, said he has seen a surge in "anxiety and anger" in the last week among his former colleagues.
Following hard upon, and all but swallowing up my sense of pride, came a surge of anxiety, anticipating the deluge of online abuse her announcement would unleash.
Ms. Schanzer, the director of public relations and programs at the East Meadow Public Library, said she read the accompanying article, about a fine imposed on David Lerner Associates, a Syosset investment firm, and immediately felt a surge of anxiety.
Not so easily rectified, as conspiracy theories proliferated, was the surge in anxiety that high crimes were being committed without our knowledge by secret government agencies, or corporations, or the Mafia, the Cubans or the Soviets.
