worrier
Americannoun
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worriers
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Davis, the Sunday afternoon worrier, worked with an executive coach who helped her reimagine the “Sunday scaries” as “Monday maybe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Lucy says she's always been a bit of worrier, but two years ago she began to get anxious and started having panic attacks.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
But it’s been a while and, as you might guess from her movie roles, she tends to be a bit of a worrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
She was a lifelong worrier, she said, prone to anticipating the worst, and “sensitive” to nasty comments or negative comments.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Even so, I was a worrier by nature and I couldn’t escape the feeling that anything could happen to her at any time.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
The worriers fret that in so doing, we further rip the country asunder because, uh, what if it doesn’t work out the way the purists had hoped?
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024
"We are the descendants of worriers, so our bodies are wired to respond in this way."
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023
Somewhere down the line, tech’s biggest worriers say, it could be a risk to humanity.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
More soothing for inflation worriers was the ongoing decline in oil prices as Brent crude fell again on Wednesday to its lowest since before the Ukraine invasion in February.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2022
And since all parents are worriers she was convinced that all her friends had the same problems.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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