Examples of worrywart in a Sentence
My father is a real worrywart.
tends to dismiss people concerned about global warming as a bunch of worrywarts
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Since then it’s quieted down, but diehards from the worrywart crowd remain.
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Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
Late Sunday, Democratic worrywarts got some relief from an unexpected source — President Donald Trump.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Trump and White House economic officials have insisted that the U.S. economy will benefit on the whole from higher tax revenues and dismissed critics of their policies as hysterical worrywarts.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 25 June 2025
Although Allen is best known for promulgating a certain set of character types in his classic films, his own bookish worrywart or Diane Keaton’s moodily anxious beauty, he also must be credited for seeing the comic possibilities of the altogether less agitated and more grounded Roberts.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
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Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
Late Sunday, Democratic worrywarts got some relief from an unexpected source — President Donald Trump.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Trump and White House economic officials have insisted that the U.S. economy will benefit on the whole from higher tax revenues and dismissed critics of their policies as hysterical worrywarts.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 25 June 2025
Although Allen is best known for promulgating a certain set of character types in his classic films, his own bookish worrywart or Diane Keaton’s moodily anxious beauty, he also must be credited for seeing the comic possibilities of the altogether less agitated and more grounded Roberts.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Worrywart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worrywart. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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worrywart
noun
wor·ry·wart
ˈwər-ē-ˌwȯrt 
ˈwə-rē-
: a person who worries without reasonable cause
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