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
Morning and afternoon Banneker rode over from the station to make anxious inquiry.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
He then turned to Pedro, and began to make anxious inquiries about the war.
From The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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
