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

There was not a sound of a bell that did not make anxious hearts throb.

From Nuttie's Father by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Morning and afternoon Banneker rode over from the station to make anxious inquiry.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins