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Meanings of too anxious in English

We have no meanings for "too anxious" in our records yet.
Usage of too anxious in English
1
He was too anxious to reason coolly; he would consider it later.
Non-Stop
2
I was too anxious to be patient; but my appeal proved successful.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
3
Wehying tried to make him too anxious, but it was in vain.
The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
4
She hadn't wanted to seem too anxious, but it was irrelevant now.
Lone eagle
5
He had grown really too anxious to be aware of the effort.
Victory: An Island Tale
6
But Julia was too anxious about August to notice the shameless insult.
The End of the World: A Love Story
7
He was too anxious about his mother to pause in New York.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
8
They were only too anxious to get rid of their ill-gotten gains.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
9
She was too anxious a housekeeper, and worried herself nervously about trifles.
The Life of Froude
10
But he could not write, he was too perturbed and too anxious.
The Waters of Edera
11
She's too old herself, and too anxious for knowledge of all kinds.
A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
12
So perhaps he is too anxious to see everyone happy at the end.
Reuters
13
If something goes haywire, don't be too anxious about fixing everything right away.
Ebony
14
But there's no need for the US to be too anxious.
BBC
15
Clintock was too anxious about the engagement to have forgotten it.
Daniel Deronda
16
He was too anxious to have it understood that the meeting was accidental.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
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Too anxious through the time
Too anxious across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common