worrywart
Example Sentences
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So I think there’ll be this raised consciousness, but there will still be this view that risk managers are cautious worrywarts.
From Scientific American
This medium, which humanity progressed without for 10 millennia, suddenly seemed to some worrywarts as vital as oxygen and proteins, and as perishable as the planet.
From Washington Post
It might trigger our worrywart nature, but it will take more than higher prices for a few years to drop most people short of their lifetime financial goals.
From Seattle Times
All these discovered “no evidence” of malfeasance, so Republicans brought in — really — Cyber Ninjas, a company owned by a stop-the-steal worrywart.
From Washington Post
Hopefully that will reassure any Reynolds worrywarts out there.
From Salon
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