concern
Usage
What are other ways to say concern?
Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market.Example Sentences
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What concerns many public health experts is the confusion this will cause parents in America.
From Salon
Gilani expressed concern about the explosion and said more needed to be done to curb the "unsafe use of gas cylinders".
From BBC
But last month, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously rejected that agreement, citing concerns about reliability of the grid to deliver electricity.
From Los Angeles Times
Economists also voiced concern that boosting home purchasing without a plan to increase supply would widen the wealth gap between homeowners and those who can’t afford to buy.
Senior judges have to show the chief judge of their circuit that they are handling a certain amount of work annually, and concerns about their fitness could be raised during that process.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
