"Overanxious" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... something." He smiled. "She must have been a little overanxious. You don't look as if there was very much the ...
— The Three Sisters • May Sinclair
... I remember being wakened one night and told that the freight-train men had left their trains at Mifflin; that the line was blocked on this account and all traffic stopped. Mr. Scott was then sleeping soundly. It seemed to me a pity to disturb him, knowing how overworked and overanxious he was; but he awoke and I suggested that I should go up and attend to the matter. He seemed to murmur assent, not being more than half awake. So I went to the office and in his name argued the question with the men and promised them a hearing next ...
— Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie • Andrew Carnegie
... of being envied by others, it denotes that you will suffer some inconvenience from friends overanxious to please you. ...
— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller |
