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worry

[wur-ee, wuhr-ee] / ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i /




Usage

What are other ways to say worry? Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care.

Example Sentences

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Watching this team lose, or threaten to lose, big leads in games in recent seasons breeds a certain worry.

From BBC

Experts nevertheless welcomed the increasingly serious political debate on an issue that has long worried military planners.

From Barron's

“Referendums are very unpredictable,” worries Thomas A. Lukaszuk, an Alberta politician who spearheads a counter campaign called Forever Canadian.

From The Wall Street Journal

Parents have long wanted to maintain their independence while the kids worry about them becoming increasingly vulnerable to injury and scams.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s also worried that her publisher is going to make her pay back the advance for the book about Plath and Hughes that she’s been unable to make any headway on.

From Los Angeles Times