They waited for hours, tense and anxious, barely moving except to string a bow.

He was bitterly disappointed to be met in this anxious hour with general moralizing.

I would far rather be in active danger than be left for anxious hours, waiting and wondering.

There was an anxious hour when it seemed I might have sliced it just a bit too close.

While a conference call helped avert that possibility, the Yankees experienced some anxious hours.

He was able to do it again yesterday, but not before he experienced a few anxious hours.

After three anxious hours, a truck brought the three relatives to the military compound.

He wished the big, new machine was finished; then there would be no more anxious hours like these.

Falling into natural sleep had taken a thrashing, anxious hour.

After a few anxious hours waiting in vain for the bag, he headed into town.