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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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Some administration officials worry China’s advantage in such models will get other countries hooked on the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"Whether we worry or not doesn't really change anything."

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Form it into small nuggets — or don’t even worry too much about shape — and cook them in the air fryer until they’re golden and cooked through.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Warsh could be walking into a proverbial market top — or this could simply be the latest temporary wall of worry in an AI-driven bull market that mature leadership can navigate.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The worry went from my head and sunk down to my chest and settled to a sickness in my stomach.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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