make anxious

Example Sentences

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He said: "The charges make anxious reading, in particular charge two. Both are serious matters."

From BBC • May 18, 2017

In the houses the people listen with awe for the sound of his chariot, and when it is heard make anxious prayer to him for protection from all ill.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

He then turned to Pedro, and began to make anxious inquiries about the war.

From The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Quite likely, picking their way daintily in the midst of the exciting scene, would come the lady of the manor and Mistress Evelyn to make anxious inquiry for boxes of London finery.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.

Again in my cell I address myself to sleep; and succeed in getting a brief nap, which is broken by my good friend Joe, who comes to make anxious inquiries after my health.

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott