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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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"I'm worried that people may make a decision for assisted dying because they're not having the right palliative care or the right social care."

From BBC

He said there was no power onboard the train when it stopped, and that some passengers slept while others were "also very worried".

From BBC

"Now I am worried that it will disappear," she said.

From Barron's

"This fragmentation of geopolitics that has caused the emergence of so many crises is perhaps the most worrying thing," the Italian diplomat said in his final interview as UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

From Barron's

Some Bulgarians worry the introduction of the euro could lead to price increases.

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