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Example sentences for "worry"

Lexicographically close words:
worries; worriment; worrit; worrited; worrld; worrying; wors; worschipe; worse; worsen
  1. What a thing it is to be old and poor, and surrounded by a lot of young wretches, who laugh at your sufferings, and do all they can to worry and vex you.

  2. And I can't worry about you after seeing the polo game you played yesterday," she added with frank admiration.

  3. I 'll take good care, don't you any of you worry 'bout me!

  4. No one has any business to worry me about Hubert, and Wilfred being civil to me.

  5. Do not examine the new-born babe to see whether he is sound in doctrine after your idea of soundness; ten to one he is a long way off sound, and you will only worry the dear heart by introducing difficult questions.

  6. I said, "Do not worry about that; but be happy while you may.

  7. I'd have saved ye all worry over the matter but that I wished ye to learn the difficulties.

  8. You tease and worry and torture a girl you pretend to care for, till 't is past endurance.

  9. Plague take the scamp that he must be forever returning to worry us!

  10. Though I could not get back to ye in Philadelphia, no worry I felt on your account, making sure that Lord Clowes would look to your safety.

  11. Though Brereton's loan furnished her with the where-withal for the moment, each day's purchases made such inroads into it that the girl could not but worry over the future.

  12. Could there be a better faith than this, a faith less free from worry and anxiety?

  13. But the other sorrow is of the devil and without promise; it is sheer worry over useless and impossible things which concern God.

  14. They are a source of endless worry and expense.

  15. And there is no need to worry about him now.

  16. You must not worry him, my dear, with civilities he can't accept.

  17. I really wish poor Austin had hit on something else; I'd much rather have no religion, and enjoy life while I'm in it, than choose one to worry me here and bedevil me hereafter.

  18. We must have something to worry about or we will become stagnant.

  19. What a sweet life it was; nothing to do but live, and laugh, and curl, and win; if it would only continue indefinitely without having to worry about the financing of it!

  20. And in the course of a few years he had earned enough to pay all his debts, and he could have lived free from worry on his estate.

  21. It had not been mother's intention, perhaps, to be hard; it was only worry that had made her so strange and unkind.

  22. Why worry your brain about these intricate analyses?

  23. I won't worry you any more," he said quietly.

  24. But don't let's worry over this: I want to tell you of the plan of campaign.

  25. His father had given him an allowance while he lived, but eighteen months previously his business had failed and the consequent worry had driven him into the grave.

  26. Now, I'm really going, never to worry you again.

  27. I have taken cold, and beside, I am worn out with worry over some matters.

  28. It is the worry and anxiety over the matter which has caused my illness, mainly.

  29. You needn't worry about your hat," laughed Betty.

  30. No wonder that she became pale and lost her appetite and made her mother worry even in the midst of the excitement over this double hunt--the hunt for men and gold.

  31. But these they avoided more to save Mrs. Nelson worry than from any personal fears.

  32. You mustn't worry though, little girl," he went on gently.

  33. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you, Cadet Corbett," snapped the major.

  34. Remember, I've got those three Space Cadets and Strong to worry about.

  35. But now that you say it was you, Astro, there isn't anything to worry about.

  36. Then he barked, in his usual brusque manner, "Well, we've got this problem here to worry about now.

  37. Marcia had not thought of worrying until that minute, but now, in spite of knowing Sylvia was safe and in good hands she began, paradoxically enough, to worry madly.

  38. The service was very long, and we grew anxious as the hours passed, knowing how our husband and host would worry about us if we missed the train he had fixed on for our return, and we had carefully left our watches at home.

  39. I don’t worry in the least about the poor relations.

  40. Why do you worry yourself about my troubles, Constance?

  41. He placed the book in a drawer out of the way; he need not worry any more about the thing.

  42. Do you mean that I ought to worry about it?

  43. I hoped so; but things have gone so wrong here lately that I worry about every one.

  44. Through worry he had lost girth; the ponderous stomach on which the shining chain heaved up and down as he breathed heavily and talked was not so assertively protuberant, and his fat face had lost something of its unctuous shine.

  45. The latter does not worry his head about the traffic that blocks his progress.

  46. It may be well to add that worry about oneself is invariably an accompaniment of all these troubles.

  47. It is that that is killing me; but don't let it worry you.

  48. The only danger you need worry about is pneumonia.

  49. I thought it would be odd if a season could pass quietly without my having some worry of this sort!

  50. She who could not endure to see a fly hurt or a flower pulled needlessly, had nothing for it but to worry for Cardonnel's destiny, and puzzle over the divided duties which Carruthers had hinted to her.

  51. She has no daughters, therefore you will wonder to hear that the prime misery, burden, discomfort, and worry of her life is chaperonage.

  52. You have been jesting to worry me, Flora!

  53. The doctor seemed to doubt that birds could worry people so, But, bless him!

  54. But, with my valiant bottle and my frouzy brevet-bride, And my score of loyal cut-throats standing guard for me outside, What worry of the morrow would provoke a casual sigh If I were Francois Villon and Francois Villon I?

  55. If you show me that you can do a good job in this kind of weather you needn't worry about your position.

  56. Given food and shelter in this new abode, they did not worry about the problems of the future.

  57. I'm one human being, and you're another, and I owe something to you which must be paid, or I shall be disgraced by a debt which will worry me all my life.

  58. You needn't worry about his owning schooner property!

  59. Captain Mayo was not finding responsibility his chief worry while the Olenia was making port.

  60. If they can't do any better there than they've done so far on this trip, we needn't worry much, I guess.

  61. You've got something on your mind, but you don't want to worry us," she said.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "worry" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ado; afflict; aggravate; aggravation; anguish; annoy; annoyance; anxiety; apprehension; badger; bait; beg; beset; bore; bother; bristle; brood; bug; care; chafe; complain; concern; damn; department; devil; devilment; difficulty; disadvantage; discomfit; discomfort; discompose; displease; disquiet; distress; disturb; dog; dogging; doubt; drag; dread; evil; exasperate; exasperation; exercise; fear; fret; fretting; fuss; gall; get; gnaw; grief; gripe; harass; harassment; haunt; headache; heckle; hound; inconvenience; irritate; load; lookout; matter; misgiving; molest; nag; nail; needle; nerve; nettle; nuisance; perplex; persecute; persecution; perturb; pest; pester; phobia; pick; pique; plague; pother; prey; problem; province; provoke; puzzle; qualm; rally; ride; rile; ruffle; scruple; shake; solicitude; stew; strain; stress; sweat; tease; tension; torment; trial; trouble; uncertainty; uneasiness; unrest; upset; vex; vexation; worry; worrying


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    worry about; worry over