as in fear
a strong feeling of being worried or nervous
a film about teenage angst
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Recent Examples of angst
Despite the national angst over property taxes, few political leaders or citizens are advocating their immediate elimination.
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Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
This conflation of anti-establishment angst and homophobic paranoia didn’t arise organically.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
By convening a focus group of seven swing state voters, all mothers between 27 and 48 years old, the Democratic firm Navigator Research found angst about the country’s direction and little faith in either party’s ability to fix its problems.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
From Roku to traditional cable services, like Spectrum and Comcast, everyone is trying to navigate the angst felt from every corner of sports fandom, while still trying to maximize their own profit margins.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for angst
Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
This conflation of anti-establishment angst and homophobic paranoia didn’t arise organically.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
By convening a focus group of seven swing state voters, all mothers between 27 and 48 years old, the Democratic firm Navigator Research found angst about the country’s direction and little faith in either party’s ability to fix its problems.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
From Roku to traditional cable services, like Spectrum and Comcast, everyone is trying to navigate the angst felt from every corner of sports fandom, while still trying to maximize their own profit margins.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angst
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Her work plainly belongs to this lineage of witchy writers, women whose deliciously corrupted scenes of home and hearth produce fear and wild laughter at once.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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This new strategy recognized that neighborhood fear is not just driven by crimes; it is also driven by neighborhood disorder.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Clicking into the title will give you even more information, including a blurb about what parents need to know, a breakdown of potential concerns and positive qualities about the book, and reviews from kids.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Gables leaders have raised concerns during city meetings about the potential impact.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Amid record anxiety about the future of work—and growing warnings about the potential erosion of white-collar careers—one unlikely field may be getting the last laugh.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Drone use is heavily limited by battery anxiety, but without a battery the use cases really open up.—
Omar Kardoudi
April 05,
New Atlas,
5 Apr. 2026
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Some of Bondi's allies believe that the lack of prosecutions is attributable to Blanche, who has not pushed them too hard amid political concerns and worries about his future after his Justice Department career.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The electric carmaker last week reported its first decline in annual profit since 2022, but worries over rising gasoline prices has boosted its business.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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An intense search-and-rescue effort is underway for the second crew member of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that crashed in Iran amid escalating tension in the Middle East.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Starbucks’ $500 million turnaround effort and union tensions The coffee chain’s new pay perks come amid a $500 million turnaround effort and ongoing tensions with unionized workers.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Considering the torment of the five-game losing streak the Miami Heat carried into the night – from the buzzer-beating loss in Houston, the Luka Doncic 60 for the Lakers to the fourth-quarter blitz by the Hornets – there likely was going to be no easy way out for Erik Spoelstra’s team.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the face of such grave concerns, Alyoshka’s torments seem self-indulgent and frustrating, but his problem—whether to leave or stay—is far from insignificant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Just two weeks ago, Gary Woodland decided ot shared his struggles with post traumatic stress disorder, brought on after a September 2023 surgery, which involved a baseball-sized hole cut from the side of his head, to remove a brain lesion.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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And that might reduce the stress that leads to anger.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Large statues of the Virgin Mary show her in various states of mourning, even in anguish.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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Without a diagnosis, people are unsure about how a condition might progress over time, and this can be a great source of anguish for both patients and their families.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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