Example Sentences

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A routine exam a week earlier had found a lump, and the results from her mammogram had been concerning enough that the doctor immediately picked up the phone and called her.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2018

New York State's Republican Committee noted that her column had been "concerning itself more and more" with state and city politics, wondered aloud if she was going to run for Senator.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first question he asked had been concerning the whereabouts of the young people.

From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

How infinitely kind he had been concerning this latest adventure of hers, regardless of his own disapproval.

From The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire by Vandercook, Margaret

My agent informed me shortly after my return home that you had been concerning yourself greatly, and, as he conceived, unnecessarily, about the matter.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.