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
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
Quite likely, picking their way daintily in the midst of the exciting scene, would come the lady of the manor and Mistress Evelyn to make anxious inquiry for boxes of London finery.
From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.
About two hours afterward, when the missing boy was being searched for, a man came to the Edison home to make anxious inquiry of the companion with whom he had last been seen.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
"Sure?" asked Ramuntcho again, whom these eyes make anxious.
From Ramuntcho by Loti, Pierre
