anxiously
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It’s totally fine to karaoke with a buddy, but if that’s the only way someone sings, they’re the Anxiously Attached Performer.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023
Walevska responded to the email with alacrity: “Please phone me as soon as you can! Anxiously awaiting your phone contact.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2020
Anxiously attached people tend to be overly preoccupied with their partners and whether they love them back, while avoidants equate intimacy with a loss of independence and deploy distancing strategies.
From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2019
Anxiously Waiting: The most likely scenario is that Mr. Corvette is using the matching site to meet other women, and you should do the same to meet other men.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2018
Anxiously Curly retraced his steps to the owl den and pointed a flashlight down the hole.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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