Worried
['wʌrɪd] or ['wɝrɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Worry
Editor: Pedro
Examples
- He won't do it unless he is very much worried, and only threatens it sometimes, when he gets tired of studying. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Do not be worried. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I come back sadder and wiser; weakly enough, but not worried. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And you're not worried? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Are you worried because you haven't anything to do? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- His aunt worried him by her cares, and Sir Thomas knew not how to bring down his conversation or his voice to the level of irritation and feebleness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You were poorly, and I worried about you till I fell sick myself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I couldn't help it, darling, and I haven't worried about it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He knew that sadness and to see it here worried him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Darling, why should I be worried? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Ere his return, his half-worried prey had escaped. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The porter looked worried. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The young man, whose name was Robert Jordan, was extremely hungry and he was worried. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Has anything worried you? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The _Ingl閟_ said it all went well and he was not worried. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Here we do but mention them as details in the worried life of this culminating emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't know why I worried about it before. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Don't look so worried, you dear thing--don't think too much about the nonsense I've been talking. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The schoolmaster went his way, brooding and brooding, and a sense of being vanquished in a struggle might have been pieced out of his worried face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Aren't you worried? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thou art not worried about anything? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I worried in the night about some one coming up but Catherine said they were all asleep. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'm dreadfully late--you weren't worried, were you? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am not worried, Robert Jordan said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was looking worried and depressed, with tired eyes and a lined forehead. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It's very bad for him to be worried, and whenever anything upsetting happens, it always brings on an attack. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I was worried. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You're not worried, are you? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Vanity has nothing to do with the declaration, for his admiration worried me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Pedro