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

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.

There was not a sound of a bell that did not make anxious hearts throb.

From Nuttie's Father by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

They make anxious enquiries about Mr. M'Fadden,—how he seemed to "take it;" did he evince want of pluck? had he courage enough to fight a duel? and could his vote be taken afore he died?

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

When she was told that the two ladies were gone, she desired that Dorothy might be sent to her, and immediately began to make anxious inquiries.

From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony