"I was a-comin' to that, youngster," retorted the man in blue; "but if ye're overanxious, it may satisfy yer to know she was the Pink Ghost.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
He was tired and overanxious, I think, with the continual part that he had to play before me; yet it was the first slip he made.
"Oddsfish!"
Robert Hugh Benson
That Brimfield did not add another touchdown was only because her line, overanxious, was twice found off-side and penalised.
"Left Guard Gilbert"
Ralph Henry Barbour