worriment

Example Sentences

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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

"Maybe I could help you, papa," spoke Nettie, who had listened with some worriment to the talk of her parents.

From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Webster, Frank V.

She was very pale and showed signs of great worriment and grief.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.

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

We must be cautious, and that is the good way—the bit-by-bitness is what tells; now a look, now a word, now a hint, there a suspicion, there a worriment, there a hesitation or a doubt.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston