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worry

[wur-ee, wuhr-ee] / ˈwɜr i, ˈwʌr i /




Usage

What are other ways to say worry? Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care.

Example Sentences

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Still, you probably don’t need to worry as much about a sudden collapse of momentum of a large-cap as a small-cap.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

So some investors may worry that spreads aren’t wide enough to justify the extra risk of holding bonds that can default.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Before the 2026 College Football Playoff national championship, a reporter asked University of Miami quarterback Carson Beck, a transfer from Georgia, whether he had to worry about class that week.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

She adds that she quickly "forgot the cameras were there", which meant arguments would unfold as they normally would, only for Habboo to then "worry about it afterwards".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“Oh, stop your worry prancing. Red already knows. She won’t tell.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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