worriment

Example Sentences

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Judge Yule paced from one to another in solemn worriment, arms hang ing, fingers outstretched like a house guest looking for a towel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had they carried their temporary possessor into any such worriment and trouble as he himself had often travelled through on their worn but faithful soles?

From True and Other Stories by Lathrop, George Parsons

Well, you may believe I was glad to get the purse and some of the other things, Mr. Donald, but the picture and the key were a worriment to me.

From Donald and Dorothy by Dodge, Mary Mapes

"Maybe I could help you, papa," spoke Nettie, who had listened with some worriment to the talk of her parents.

From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Webster, Frank V.

Thy mother hath been full of worriment anent thy absence, but Harriet said that she had left thee at the governor’s, so I knew that thou wert safe.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster