concerned

adjective con·cerned \ kən-ˈsərnd \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Examples: concerned in a Sentence

Definition of concerned

1 a : anxious, worried

concerned for their safety

Concerned citizens protested the mayor's proposal.

b : interested

concerned to prove the point

She was concerned to show that she could do the job.

2 a : interestedly engaged

concerned with books and music

b : culpably involved : implicated

arrested all concerned

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Examples of concerned in a Sentence

The school's decision is being questioned by a group of concerned parents.
Her family was very concerned for her safety.
Voters are deeply concerned about the economy.
a discussion that will be of interest to everyone concerned
The lawyers called a meeting of all the concerned parties.

Recent Examples of concerned from the Web

As far as attacking options are concerned, Arsenal already have Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil, Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi.

— SI.com, "Arsenal Knocked Back After Opening Bid for Sporting CP Winger Gelson Martins," 8 June 2018
Agribusiness wants easy access to inexpensive foreign labor, while human rights and justice advocates are concerned about dangerous and abusive conditions that immigrants endure.

— gene baur, Fortune, "Immigrant Farm Workers Endure Inhumane Conditions. Here’s What We Can Do," 8 June 2018
Anti-Muslim discrimination has been on the rise — in Germany, for example, the government recorded more than 900 attacks against individuals and mosques in 2017 — and European officials are concerned about increasing incidents of hate crime.

— tara isabella burton, Vox, "Austria is closing 7 mosques and kicking out 60 imams," 8 June 2018
Kukurin remains concerned about development in the Bel Air area, whether at the Route 924 and Plumtree site that is still zoned B3, or along Route 22 that could require major improvements to the well-traveled highway.

— david anderson, The Aegis, "Three Republicans and one Democrat battle for District C Harford council seat," 8 June 2018
Bessie is fearful that Mary will be viewed as a communist in America and Mary is concerned that Deborah will marry a non-Jew.

— marvin glassman, Jewish Journal, "Mother, daughter team in drama 'From Door to Door'," 6 June 2018
This is one road all concerned might've been better off not to have taken.

— dmitry samarov, Chicago Reader, "Damascus attempts to tackle faith, politics, and race without a road map," 1 June 2018
Some legislators from Jefferson County are concerned Lewis' appointment is part of a broader effort to open charter schools through JCPS, which Lewis could do under a takeover.

— deborah yetter, The Courier-Journal, "Jazz to charter schools: How Wayne Lewis became a player in JCPS' fate," 31 May 2018
The harshest blow, as far as critics are concerned, came in late 2017 when Indy’s Cunningham Restaurant Group bought and then in early 2018 closed 130-year-old Old Point Tavern with designs on something new.

— liz biro, Indianapolis Star, "The 'new' Old Point Tavern opens on Mass Ave.," 21 May 2018

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