How do you use the word "worrying" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "worrying" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "worrying": There is no sense in your worrying about your health so much. It's no use worrying about it. There's nothing you can do.

Worrying Meaning

/ˈwʌɹi.ɪŋ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjInducing worry.

verbpresent participle and gerund of worry

Sentence Examples

There is no sense in your worrying about your health so much.

It's no use worrying about it. There's nothing you can do.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

care heavy worry

Antonyms:

light reassure

CEFR Practice Quiz

The constant loud noise from the factory is very ____ to the nearby residents.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The sudden decrease in sales was a ____ sign for the company, indicating that something was wrong with their strategy today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree English worry English -ing English worrying From worry + -ing.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Moldova did give England's under-employed keeper Joe Hart a worrying moment when Igor Armas sent a free header wide but otherwise it was an easy night." — 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:

"Redundancies accounted for a smaller proportion of the change, although no less significant to those affected. Rail News, BR's staff magazine, included a coda to its August 1964 assessment of the Beeching cuts: "For the individuals involved it is a worrying time [...] Rail News feels deeply for those affected and expresses the sympathy of its readers with them."" — 2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 39:

"There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle." — 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594:

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