Yet the anxiety persists, as I heard during my rounds this week.

And yet, elusive as a slivered bit of glass, the anxiety persisted.

Still, anxieties persist on both sides.

But public anxieties about the economy persist.

We live on a boat on the Thames, a river not noted for its crocodilian tendencies, yet the anxiety persists.

It was not immediately clear how long the anxieties that Dr. Esquilin described persisted.

But the suspicion and anxiety persisted throughout the day and made it hard for her to concentrate.

Nevertheless, public anxiety about the deficit persists.

It was just like an ordinary day, yet Julie's anxiety and feeling of disaster persisted.

The tsunami warning was called off, but the anxiety persisted.