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

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

From Nuttie's Father by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

When she was told that the two ladies were gone, she desired that Dorothy might be sent to her, and immediately began to make anxious inquiries.

From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony

We hoped our friend of the blunderbuss had not been seriously wounded, but under the circumstances it was impossible to make anxious inquiries.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

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