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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Dardennes may be getting older, but their concern for society’s most fragile hasn’t receded with age.
From Los Angeles Times
Then on Sunday, Powell said the Fed was facing a criminal probe from the Department of Justice, relating to cost overruns at a property renovation - concerns that Powell has dismissed as "pretext".
From BBC
Choosing Fed governor Christopher Waller, who is one of four contenders for the job and who doesn’t have a close relationship with the president, “would certainly address a lot of the concerns,” said Tillis.
There are also concerns around the scale of this operation.
From BBC
It comes amid concern about the reading standards of Welsh pupils, but BookTrust Cymru said its work was about more than literacy.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
