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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Health experts have raised concerns about the chemicals used in them, with warnings that their long-term use has not been adequately studied.
From BBC
Over the past year, talks between the two sides have twice raised hopes of easing tensions, with the last round said by their Omani host to have addressed key US concerns about Iran's nuclear programme.
From BBC
A month after banning raw lithium exports, Zimbabwe is tightening its regulations and ramping up its crackdown on mineral smuggling in a major shake-up that is winning local praise even as it stirs concerns.
From Barron's
But experts have previously raised concerns that sunscreen - and testing methods - both have a degree of variability and the current rating system does not allow for that.
From BBC
The decision, first reported by the Financial Times, is believed to have been partly driven by concerns about the rising cost of energy on fertilizer companies in Europe, which also produce CO2 as a byproduct.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
