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
  • 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
  • Surprisingly, in a close election year, marked by animus from one political party to the next, the economic news has taken a back seat to other issues deemed more worrisome.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The higher yields for the 10-year government bonds are particularly worrisome for potential borrowers, as they are viewed as a benchmark used to determine rates for loans such as mortgages.
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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