How to Use worrisome in a Sentence

worrisome

adjective

• There is the worrisome possibility of hurricane damage on the coast.
• The most worrisome cost of all this can’t be counted in dollars.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
• Even with 1,400 acres of pasture, Ratliff said the cost of keeping his herd fed is worrisome.
  — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2022
• The small particles in wildfire smoke are the most worrisome to our health.
  — Wynne Armand, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
• Because that, that’s what is worrisome, is what these ads will say.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Among the worrisome findings was that the drop was most acute among people under 35.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 12 July 2023
• The shootings come amid a worrisome surge in violence in the District.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
• More worrisome was the fact that there was a slight uptick from the 3.1% inflation rate in January.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
• Most worrisome for the government — and the public — is that nurses have just gone on strike, too.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• Even that idea has posed a worrisome, would-you-rather dilemma for some fans about Sunday’s game.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024
• The average width there is 88 feet, which is worrisome, Hearon said.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• That’s why high lake levels so early in the rainy season are worrisome.
  — New York Times, 9 July 2023
• What’s even more worrisome: Many of the troubled companies are large.
  — Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2023
• Fauci's comments come amid a worrisome time in the pandemic for many across the country.
  — Carma Hassan, CNN, 16 July 2022
• But slower and faster heart rates are not always worrisome.
  — Daryl Perry, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• The answer is no, and the truth is slightly more expensive and, in the eyes of privacy experts, far more worrisome.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Subscription streamers haven’t gone there yet, but the trend lines are worrisome.
  — Vulture, 27 Oct. 2023
• This is worrisome on multiple fronts, the health of those ecosystems, the hurricane season, and the impact of El Niño.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• For critics, the everyday dangers are among the most worrisome.
  — New York Times, 31 July 2022
• Perhaps more worrisome is the fact that many experts don’t foresee much change anytime soon.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022
• And, in a worrisome sign for the economy, delinquency rates on mortgages, car loans and credit cards are all rising, too.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• For example, ransomware is not the problem; more worrisome is how ransomware got in.
  — Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
• The news is especially worrisome given the soaking that the Southland has received this month.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• Transporting fuel across the lake is worrisome, Irvine said.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
• This year’s five programs are typical both in the mix of genres (contemporary, hula, hip-hop) and in the jumbling of the reliable, the worrisome, and the wild-card.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
• What is particularly worrisome about this is that the number of conflicts across the globe is at an historical high, and on the rise.
  — Manica Balasegaram, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
• But then February data ticked up slightly, too, raising questions about whether this all amounts to a few bumps in the road — or the beginning of a more worrisome trend.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• Even the facts are now in question, and that's a very worrisome trend, that idea that there may be levels of mechanisms of control here, even inadvertent ones.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 June 2022
• Since the meeting, the outlook for inflation has become more worrisome.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
• The results of the steep increase in health care costs are worrisome: Nearly 70% of health care providers report patients delaying care due to rising costs.
  — Zak Holdsworth, STAT, 10 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024