The physical fear that had turned him inside out was fading, to be replaced by a more formless general anxiety.

If anything, they seemed to find her presence comforting, for she was the one being they knew who wasn't suffering from the general anxiety.

The stories of these Kurdish youth reflect a more general anxiety in the region.

The general anxiety was to see the matter settled quickly.

"There is a general anxiety about how it would be redeveloped."

"For the treatment of general anxiety, the main problem is that tranquilizers are used too much and too long," he said.

The eruption of political activity has only added to the general anxiety felt by some Iraqis at the abrupt changes in their lives.

That criticism underscores the general anxiety about the future of the global economy and the systems set up to secure it.

Hancock might also have picked up on some general anxiety of women about divorce.

The general anxiety about the Iranian regime is firmly grounded.