Question

And invisible to me because it was so remote and small flying swiftly and steadly toward me across that incredible distance drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles came the thing they were sending us the thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth
wich word in the passage helps create a sense of fear and anxiety

Answer 1

Answer:

struggle, or death since they're definitions are also rather grim and give people anxiety.

Answer 2

The answer could be: Struggle, Death or The thing.