noun
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A strong feeling of anxiety.
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I'm afflicted by worry throughout the night.
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An instance or cause of such a feeling.
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My main worry is that I'll miss the train.
verb
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To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
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Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine.
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Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
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Your tone of voice worries me.
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To harass; to irritate or distress.
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The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors.
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To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
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Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.
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To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
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To strangle.
Examples of worry in a Sentence
Don't worry; everything will work out fine.
Don't worry about him.
Worry had prevented her from eating earlier.
You have nothing to worry about.
Don't worry, go! she whispered, smiling, with the kind of familiarity that grows up between a nurse and her mistress.
Her soft touch did more than erase the worry from his brow.
I'm not the one you have to worry about.
He'd never have to worry about protecting her.
Freed from worry about losing a job they do not enjoy, encouraged to follow their dreams and passions, I believe most will want to do just that.
I wouldn't worry too much about that sort of thing.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about that.
If anything could take her mind off the worry of surrogacy, he could.
But don't worry, she's too stupid to get away very long.
You've got more than one rat to worry about.
Don't worry about knocking.
Her worry faded with the comforting words.
She had a wild urge to throw her arms around his neck and kiss the worry from his face.
I don't want to abuse what's been given to me but I'm half sick with worry and I can't think straight.
She cracked the door to squeeze her hand in the space as well as to tell the other driver not to worry about the car.
A quick search yielded nothing, except similar worry to the first man.
I don't want to worry him.
Alex didn't get home at his normal time and that caused her worry.
But don't let us worry over such things, Zeb; we can't help ourselves just now, you know, and I've always been told it's foolish to borrow trouble.
Worry that she had caused.
The two were tense enough to worry her that they meant to fight.
He was worried enough when he didn't have anything to worry about.
I knew you'd worry.
I told Fitzgerald to quit all this hero business so you don't have to worry about having to back up some cartoon story.
There was no further official word on Martha's whereabouts, but Fred continued to assure the Deans not to worry, saying the girl was in good hands, whatever that meant.
By the way, you don't have anything to worry about with the election either.
The reminder made her feel something colder than worry.
He liked trying to get a rise out of her, and he really did want to know where they stood in her mind and whether or not he had to worry about her running off to make more deals with Darkyn.
Sometimes when she was working in the kitchen, she would catch him watching her in that strange way and worry that there would be another such night, but it didn't happen.
Did I not tell you that I am not one to worry?
I want to be happy and not worry about creatures trying to kill me or how often I'll be wandering into one of your massacres!
Confirmation of the fact was comforting; Evelyn would never have to worry about money again.
You needn't worry about anything.
The cats were moved out of the main house, so you don't have to worry about them.
In between her interactions with people and the spotlight, she watched the world with worry and thoughtfulness.
They were paid so well, they didn't need to worry about how to send their two daughters to college anymore.
I worry about her sometimes.
Why don't we need to worry about one of the keypads?
We'll worry about it later.
Stay away from the weeds and rocks and you won't have to worry about them.
You will still save a bundle and not have to worry about being wasteful.
Don't worry about making the right selection once inside.
Try not to worry too much.
Don't worry too much about your club length.
Thinking about enjoying winter outdoors with her and not having to worry about her freezing cheered him.
So… I don't need to worry about hurting you, do I?