sick with worry
idiom
: extremely worried
Her parents have been sick with worry for days since the accident.
Examples of sick with worry in a Sentence
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In Mandalay, the young man’s family was sick with worry.
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Victoria Milko and Kristen Gelineau, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
Perhaps hypochondria, perhaps anxiety (getting sick with worry over the possibility of being sick), perhaps nothing.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
The couple drove home, sick with worry.
—CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022
Peter and Paula Closier became sick with worry when their five-year-old beagle mix Bonnie vanished through an open gate on Sunday morning.
—People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
Marolyn, who also would lose her home, has grown sick with worry.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 31 May 2022
Rob does things that make his mother sick with worry.
—Meg Kissinger, jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Martha Wilson trudged up the hill, sick with worry, arms pumping, head down, too distracted to notice the brilliant April sun rising over Lake Michigan.
—Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
His bites his index finger to gather himself as his voice catches, thinking of her sleepless nights on Barnhardt Avenue, sick with worry.
—Peter D. Kramer, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
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Victoria Milko and Kristen Gelineau, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
Perhaps hypochondria, perhaps anxiety (getting sick with worry over the possibility of being sick), perhaps nothing.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
The couple drove home, sick with worry.
—CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022
Peter and Paula Closier became sick with worry when their five-year-old beagle mix Bonnie vanished through an open gate on Sunday morning.
—People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
Marolyn, who also would lose her home, has grown sick with worry.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 31 May 2022
Rob does things that make his mother sick with worry.
—Meg Kissinger, jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2021
Martha Wilson trudged up the hill, sick with worry, arms pumping, head down, too distracted to notice the brilliant April sun rising over Lake Michigan.
—Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
His bites his index finger to gather himself as his voice catches, thinking of her sleepless nights on Barnhardt Avenue, sick with worry.
—Peter D. Kramer, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Sick with worry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20with%20worry. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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