Example Sentences

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My cameraman Peter has written Arnold Schwarzenegger on his clapperboard and turns to him, worriedly asking: "Please tell me I spelt your name correctly?"

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

And so I wonder, a little worriedly, with Saturday’s walk across the Brooklyn Bridge coming right up: Are we ruining Little Amal for ourselves?

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

Some, like Mohammad Rashiq Ahamed, a shop owner in Sylhet, the hardest-hit city in northeastern Bangladesh, have worriedly returned home with their families to see what can be salvaged.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2022

Still, “it’s going rapidly in the wrong direction,” he added worriedly.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020

Believers in the room worriedly asked the spirits if the room was the right temperature for manifestations.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock