worriment

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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

We must be cautious, and that is the good way—the bit-by-bitness is what tells; now a look, now a word, now a hint, there a suspicion, there a worriment, there a hesitation or a doubt.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

So Neale took the old scrap-book home under his arm, neither he nor Agnes suspecting what trouble and worriment would arise from this simple act.

From The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to by Hill, Grace Brooks

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, don't lead me into worriment before it is necessary," entreated Frank, with a smile.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.