How to Use worrying in a Sentence

worrying

adjective
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  • The frame can flex a bit, but not to a worrying degree.
    — Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
  • This decreased the sound, but gave him a worrying gait.
    — Dave Eggers, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2023
  • But the half-court defense was more worrying, truth be told.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The latest twist in the Twitter tale since Elon Musk bought the company is one of the most worrying to date.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • What was once a trickle of worrying hints is now a torrent of abuse.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2024
  • But there are a few worrying signs on the horizon—even for Tesla.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • Julio has a permanent sulk on his face and a worrying stoop in his gait.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024
  • But the most worrying lesson from this research may lie in the differences between the time of the corals and today.
    — Frank Hulley-Jones, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • No less worrying to Biden was the reaction—or lack of it—to Trump’s incessant threats.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But while Harris maintains the lead, 66% of those surveyed said the country is on the wrong track – a worrying sign for the vice president.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Even more worrying than their lack of wins, Wolves and Southampton only have a single point each.
    — Steve Price, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • No more worrying about wins and losses or checking good 'ol Tankathon.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The worrying matter, though, is what happens to those crowds if the strike is still going on in September.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But a spring is a different story, and might be a little bit more worrying.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Other questions raised by the ad are complex and worrying.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But the story that is emerging as perhaps the most worrying of all is the murkiness of the hostage situation.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
  • By far the most worrying thing is that women are not getting maternal care.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But to some, his vision sounds more like a worrying regression.
    — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Cape Town's paramedics have long had their work cut out responding to emergencies in one of the world's most crime-prone cities, but over the past decade, a worrying shift has taken place.
    — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 19 May 2024
  • Christensen said there’s no right or wrong time to make an appointment, but some things are more worrying than others.
    — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Long term, though, China’s growing clout is the most worrying aspect.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Significantly less worrying about how much time is spent on styling—and this no-fuss bob agrees.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
  • What Biden can do Meanwhile, worrying signs keep cropping up.
    — Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The murky information was a worrying sign in a country in the grip of widespread gang violence.
    — Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • That in itself is a tragedy and a far more worrying longterm loss to the industry than may be initially apparent.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But more worrying for him is the saltwater creeping up from the Gulf of Mexico, without the force of water draining from 30-plus states to keep it at bay.
    — Bill Weir, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In a worrying sign, the E.U. appears likely to fail an early test of its ability to sustain backing for Ukraine.
    — Lara Jakes, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • That's a worrying sign to anyone who may have been banking on zombies starving to death in the intervening years.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Farmer indebtedness has reached worrying proportions: More than half of rural households are in debt, with an average outstanding amount of nearly $900 (the equivalent of more than half a year’s income).
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And his deep dive into what’s taking place behind the scenes led to various worrying headlines suggesting the app actually exhibits malware-like behaviors.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024

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