worriment

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Judge Yule paced from one to another in solemn worriment, arms hang ing, fingers outstretched like a house guest looking for a towel.

From Time Magazine Archive

He dreaded to meet them lest they read the worriment in his face, and especially the patient and hard-working Mrs. Moore, who daily prepared his meals.

From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark

It is the mere worriment of dragged-out unwellness that makes me see things in wrong dimensions.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry

But both Luke and Neale, as well as Mr. Howbridge, felt more worriment for the safety of Ruth and Agnes than they cared to have the girls imagine.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma

But after an hour's worriment and distress on the part of the three men the guide returned.

From The Come Back by Wells, Carolyn