worried stiff
Example Sentences
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Your mother is worried stiff about you and you're coming back with us and coming now.
From Rainbow Hill by Gooch, Thelma
She was just worried stiff for fear she'd catch somethin'.
From Mary Rose of Mifflin by Sterrett, Frances R.
These other poor devils, worried, stiff, strumous, awkward, vapid, and rather coarse, with here and there a passably pretty woman, are European kings, queens, grand-dukes, and the like.
From An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, Bernard
