worried well
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He had shaped this CCC into a model agency, and if his kids were worried, well, he’d do something about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
At the same time, sources have expressed concerns about the "worried well" - people applying for tests unnecessarily even if they don't have the relevant symptoms.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2020
But when the volume of non-covid patients dropped precipitously, we knew the worried well didn’t make up that large of our patient population.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2020
The first wave of patients in Brooklyn were what we call the worried well, who arrived at the emergency room with cough, fever and flulike symptoms, concerned they had coronavirus.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 3, 2020
Oh! they do, eh?" remarked Fred, as though not greatly worried; "well, there will be two who must have a say in that, Riverport as well as Mechanicsburg.
From Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School by Allen Chapman
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