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
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
No need to make anxious inquiries regarding your health, young sir.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
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
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.
