worriment
Example Sentences
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Judge Yule paced from one to another in solemn worriment, arms hang ing, fingers outstretched like a house guest looking for a towel.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may seem that Winn was borrowing needless worriment, and yet once the canker spot of suspicion fastens itself upon a man's mind, it grows until it turns all things green.
From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark
Surely we need not go through much more worriment.
From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma
We must be cautious, and that is the good way—the bit-by-bitness is what tells; now a look, now a word, now a hint, there a suspicion, there a worriment, there a hesitation or a doubt.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The girls looked in some worriment of mind to see what was to happen.
From The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League by Morrison, Gertrude W.
