make anxious
Example Sentences
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He said: "The charges make anxious reading, in particular charge two. Both are serious matters."
From BBC • May 18, 2017
Again in my cell I address myself to sleep; and succeed in getting a brief nap, which is broken by my good friend Joe, who comes to make anxious inquiries after my health.
From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott
The first act of reviving recollection was to make anxious inquiries respecting the condition of his wounded fellow-traveller.
From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
He found time, amidst the warlike preparations constantly going on, to make frequent calls at her dwelling, and make anxious inquiry about her progress.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
In the houses the people listen with awe for the sound of his chariot, and when it is heard make anxious prayer to him for protection from all ill.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
