How to Use worrisome in a Sentence

worrisome

adjective
  • There is the worrisome possibility of hurricane damage on the coast.
  • This is very bad and very worrisome.
    — Peter D'oench, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • And when life is that worrisome, that may just be enough.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
  • That would be very, very worrisome.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Adler said on the call that nothing seen so far had been very worrisome.
    — Brett Murphy, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2020
  • That’s the most worrisome part.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Because that, that’s what is worrisome, is what these ads will say.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That little bit of stem isn’t worrisome.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But one of the most worrisome hazards doesn’t come from Earth at all.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The most worrisome cost of all this can’t be counted in dollars.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
  • On the other hand, the show seems to be playing it a bit safe, which is worrisome.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • How worrisome is a sore throat, a dry cough, feeling a little flushed?
    — Joel Achenbach, Fenit Nirappil, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2021
  • That has not stopped, which is just worrisome and a bit heartbreaking.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 10 June 2025
  • Too many big gains proved worrisome, as far as Minter was concerned.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The Longhorns had some injury scares that could be worrisome with more games ahead.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The forecast has turned worrisome over the past couple of days.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
  • But the rise is also worrisome.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
  • For Østergaard, this proves to be a worrisome mix.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Not happened yet, but those are the two worrisome things, the tariffs and the debt and deficit.
    — CBS News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Not every movie that portrays a child in trouble ends on a worrisome note.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Collins and King have to work quickly for, well, not a long time, but long enough to be worrisome.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The small particles in wildfire smoke are the most worrisome to our health.
    — Wynne Armand, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • That’s why high lake levels so early in the rainy season are worrisome.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • The clearer and more worrisome concern is for the long-term health of Porter.
    — Joel Rush, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • None of this amounts to broad, worrisome euphoria.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The thought of returning to a set is still somewhat worrisome.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 May 2021
  • The thought of the market derailing these goals can be worrisome.
    — Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • The odds that more states could follow Illinois’s lead are worrisome.
    — Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • But there’s a more worrisome concern in the minds of scientists.
    — David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That statement is worrisome on two levels.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026

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