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.
We hoped our friend of the blunderbuss had not been seriously wounded, but under the circumstances it was impossible to make anxious inquiries.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
The first act of reviving recollection was to make anxious inquiries respecting the condition of his wounded fellow-traveller.
From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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)
