How to Use worrisome in a Sentence
worrisome
adjective- There is the worrisome possibility of hurricane damage on the coast.
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Not happened yet, but those are the two worrisome things, the tariffs and the debt and deficit.
— CBS News, 1 Dec. 2024 -
The clearer and more worrisome concern is for the long-term health of Porter.
— Joel Rush, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022 -
But one of the most worrisome hazards doesn’t come from Earth at all.
— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024 -
But Delta is fast becoming the most worrisome of the bunch.
— Time, 15 June 2021 -
What’s even more worrisome in the U.S., though, is what happens next.
— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 June 2024 -
The most worrisome cost of all this can’t be counted in dollars.
— Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Even with 1,400 acres of pasture, Ratliff said the cost of keeping his herd fed is worrisome.
— Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2022 -
Sign Up The most worrisome part for the Patriots is the questions a loss like this yields about the coaching staff.
— Chad Graff, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 -
The small particles in wildfire smoke are the most worrisome to our health.
— Wynne Armand, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023 -
Because that, that’s what is worrisome, is what these ads will say.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Among the worrisome findings was that the drop was most acute among people under 35.
— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 12 July 2023 -
Enough hedged, wavered, or flat-out said no to be worrisome.
— S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024 -
Its bottom line: There is a worrisome increase in the number of exploits in the wild.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 17 Mar. 2022 -
The shootings come amid a worrisome surge in violence in the District.
— Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023 -
If cases drop to less worrisome levels in a few months, maybe most of us can take our time with dose No. 4.
— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2021 -
More worrisome was the fact that there was a slight uptick from the 3.1% inflation rate in January.
— Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024 -
How worrisome is a sore throat, a dry cough, feeling a little flushed?
— Joel Achenbach, Fenit Nirappil, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2021 -
Most worrisome for the government — and the public — is that nurses have just gone on strike, too.
— Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022 -
The thought of returning to a set is still somewhat worrisome.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 May 2021 -
For the sake of Democrats, the President will have to do more than say the situation is worrisome.
— Julian Zelizer, CNN, 13 Nov. 2021 -
Even that idea has posed a worrisome, would-you-rather dilemma for some fans about Sunday’s game.
— Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024 -
The average width there is 88 feet, which is worrisome, Hearon said.
— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023 -
That’s why high lake levels so early in the rainy season are worrisome.
— New York Times, 9 July 2023 -
In other words, what’s worrisome isn’t just the daytime peaks but also the nighttime troughs.
— Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024 -
While some social media users dismissed the Met Gala fakes as part of the fun, others see them as a worrisome sign of what could lie ahead.
— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 May 2024 -
But the trend for four-year colleges remains worrisome.
— CBS News, 12 Aug. 2024 -
That the increase is coming from all ends is worrisome, Bay Area experts say.
— Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2022 -
Such phrasing is worrisome to charter operators, who are quick to point out that their schools also are free and open to the public.
— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 -
All the worrisome reports make a senior citizen a little nervous.
— Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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