Example Sentences

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Three of the friends to whom I recommended Li’s new novel, “The Book of Goose,” paused for a moment and then asked, concernedly, how sad is it?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

"You'll probably catch your death of pneumonia," she says concernedly.

From Time • Dec. 19, 2010

James P. Shannon, former Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, talks concernedly about the exodus of priests and nuns.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plot is too complicated to be played out on screen, but Director John Sturges has provided a substitute�a series of scenes in which two people talk concernedly about a third.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joe frowned concernedly as he pushed out of his chair and moseyed into the bathroom to brush his teeth.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols