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worrier

[wur-ee-er, wuhr-] / ˈwɜr i ər, ˈwʌr- /








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He was a constant worrier who never let the gas gauge on our secondhand Pontiac fall below three quarters full.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

I'm a bit of a worrier and, also, I wasn't the loudest footballer, I wouldn't say.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

But it’s been a while and, as you might guess from her movie roles, she tends to be a bit of a worrier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024

She was a lifelong worrier, she said, prone to anticipating the worst, and “sensitive” to nasty comments or negative comments.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

Even so, I was a worrier by nature and I couldn’t escape the feeling that anything could happen to her at any time.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

The other types also embody their names - worriers, pessimists, perfectionists and burnouts who are tired from working too hard.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The worriers fret that in so doing, we further rip the country asunder because, uh, what if it doesn’t work out the way the purists had hoped?

From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024

Beaten as they might be by the stock market’s rally, worriers on Wall Street still question how long it can last.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

Manufacturing fell 1.3% and even though a drop in producer prices may be a relief for inflation worriers, it may also spell trouble for corporate margins.

From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2023

And since all parents are worriers she was convinced that all her friends had the same problems.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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