How to Use worrisome in a Sentence

worrisome

adjective

• There is the worrisome possibility of hurricane damage on the coast.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• What’s even more worrisome: Many of the troubled companies are large.
  — Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2023
• The biggest, worrisome question mark right now is the future of the job market, a key driver of the economy.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Fauci's comments come amid a worrisome time in the pandemic for many across the country.
  — Carma Hassan, CNN, 16 July 2022
• But slower and faster heart rates are not always worrisome.
  — Daryl Perry, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• This should be worrisome for the U.S. and other Western allies.
  — Susanne Sternthal, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
• Since finishing grad school and starting my job, money has been less worrisome.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024