“Don’t worry, Mother. I know just what to do.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I want to be strong and fearless, to show Ma she does not have to worry about me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever that worry enters, I drive it away as fast as I can, just as you have to chase away an ant as soon as you spot it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I should have seen her for what she was. Now let’s just worry about keeping Percy alive until next fall—” The mythology book dropped out of my hand and hit the floor with a thud. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t worry at the way they’ve been mistreated, don’t worry about their punishments, don’t worry about the guns constantly trained on their backs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But Prosper watched Hornet with a worried expression on his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing worries and antagonizes a female bear more than to have people between her and her brood. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Anna worried the first wife might hurt her baby, so she returned to her father, where she gave birth to twins, though only one would survive the harsh winter on the frontier. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry your head, Quincy. I know ’bout the Mrs. Judge.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been worried about that boat,” he says, easing himself down into his rocker. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think it is very pretty, though sometimes I worry that my skirt is too short. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a sight to behold there on the floor, scrubbing away, with her flyaway hair sticking out and dark bruise-colored circles under her eyes from all her worrying about us catching the kamikaze disease. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Mr. Clifton told her before he walked back to the front of the room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My brain is a fog of nerves and worries. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody had known I was worrying, not even the people in the room with me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m worried your mom is mad I’m here.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why, but Ella told me not to worry about it. She said you were... sharing?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sight of the blood had made Seven’s stomach turn, her fear becoming desperate worry. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom got back on the phone and said that, by all means, I should go on vacation, that everything was going to be fine, not to worry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He absorbed my worries, listened as I ticked off every financial obligation I had, and affirmed that he, too, was excited to have children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After the elevator door closed, Ralph worried that the puddles might dry before he had the lobby to himself. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the next few days, while Old Yeller and I healed fast, we all worried and watched. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I slapped the oxen on their rumps as if I hadn’t any worries about who was standing in the middle of the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was going to start worrying soon, but Naima couldn’t leave now. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was being chased by the gang that had attacked him, and now I was worried about Frank and whoever it was who had beaten him up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

To Stella, their father’s face, etched with worry in the lamp-lit room, was more frightening than any ghosts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In 1975, when my story ends, dwindling oil supplies again had people worried. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My life was not all work and worry, however. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Robbed? Why are you worried about that? It's mostly my money,” Jamie told her. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Clay Bird. I’ll give it back when I’m done.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, I must say, I’m worried about you. You seem to be a very lonely little girl.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I think they do, Ronan,” she says, studying him and looking all worried. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“We all know I’m crazy, right? Well, you don’t have to worry about that anymore, because my colors are gone.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Court openly worried that other actors in the criminal justice system might also face scrutiny for allegedly biased decision making if similar claims of racial bias in the system were allowed to proceed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite tell if he was annoyed or just worried. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yuni told me what happened, and I’m proud of you for helping your friend. But I was so worried about you.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Don’t worry, I said, and I smiled at him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they worry about getting hurt or not having enough to eat. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later we’re going to be a cinder anyway, he implies, so why worry about a few cows more or less? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stared down at me with watchful eyes, much as he had before, when he was worried I would go into shock. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot’s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have nothing to worry about. We are merely relocating you. You and your wife and your son have ten minutes. You must each pack one suitcase.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The day of that accident was also the day I began to worry about my father. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Luke is ... busy. He is preparing for the assault. But don’t worry. We have more friends on the way. And in the meantime, I think I’ll have a wonderful snack!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked so worried, and she could tell he’d been crying. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

As she listened to their sleep sounds, Jinjoo let her worries subside and let the cadence of their breathing lull her to sleep. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been so scared and worried, I don’t want to have anything to do with lovers for a long while, perhaps never,” answered Meg petulantly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll let him go as soon as I reach the surface. No worries.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He looked worried, and when I walked into the chamber he grabbed my hands and asked if we could pray, and we did. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Amari looked intently at his face and realized he was worried. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me a look, and I wonder how much I worried her, not coming home the night before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It turned out the school district had insurance and the woman told him not to worry. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to worry about my running off.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t worry that those are the last words she says to me all summer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Clearly worried his past association with Ellsberg would make him suspect in Nixon’s eyes, Kissinger launched into a bizarre attack. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked as if several thousand pounds of worry had just been lifted from her shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He hugged her tight again, as if he worried she'd run off. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Meanwhile, it is not your job to worry about this. It will all work itself out, okay? Your sole focus should be getting back into life.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When I heard about the assassination that evening on the television news, I worried about my own dad driving home from work. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m worrying because in thirteen days I’m going to be ten. And twenty-eight days after that is Family Fest. And then it won’t be a sock anymore.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You were unconscious for so long, I was a little worried I’d killed you. Chloroform is fickle in that way.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, thank God. We were so worried. What are you doing down here?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maya looked up at him, her eyes worried. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Mama wasn’t positive,” Stella told him, worry making her mouth dry. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Powell smiled in an oily self-satisfied manner and smoothed his mustache, “O.K., Mike, turn off that adrenalin tap you’ve got draining into your bloodstream. I was worried, too, but no more.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Kainene placed an arm around her and told her not to worry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was not only worried about the safety of his invited guest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It’s almost as though she knows that I have other things to worry about, and I adore her for it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It worries me, because I suppose I could have stopped him, though I don’t know how. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Relief was the overwhelming feeling, but also combined with worry over how to get Otto out and fear at what waited for me on the other side of the door. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Any worries could wait, I figured, because we were an us now, and we were happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What clear-thinking white man wouldn’t be worried, slaver or otherwise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But worry for a friend can make ordinary circumstances extraordinary. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her principal worries seemed to be whether her parents had slept well, how they were feeling, whether they were sitting in drafts. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No need to worry, no need to worry!” shouted Fudge, already with one foot in the flames. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Hanneke, I'm worried about something," Mina says, moving her chair closer to mine. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His friends and a huge crowd of students stood behind the assistant principal, their faces a mix of shock and worry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re just like your Papá, always worrying,” Mamá said when she saw me taking aspirin every morning. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Not your fault. We do not worry. We will use your father money. He will understand. He worry about future, but I will explain he need to worry about today...” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He worried about her broken leg and thought about how saddle sore she must be. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Back on Earth, Mrs. Klugman, in the old days, did you also worry about finding yourself classified, ahem, as a special?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her conversation was mostly worries that the earl would marry and have a child who would replace her as his heir. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was worried you wouldn’t find the hut.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And even when his eyes went wet with hurt and worry, she could not summon any kindness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For someone about to be all trusting, he looked kinda worried. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not just because of the dangers of hitting some innocent bystander during the chase, although that is clearly part of the worry, since about three hundred Americans are killed accidentally every year during chases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Thinking fast, I lied and told him not to worry, that the blood was from a cut on his Up. That calmed him a little, and we continued down.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It made him feel better, though he felt perturbed, too, worried that this kiss was wrong. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Kate and I used to worry so about her living alone in one room and going out cleaning to make a few pennies.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I always channel my emotions into my work. That way I don’t hurt anyone but myself.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no. Of course not. He’s just a worried man, Nightingale. That’s all.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had been regarding the field, the tractor—the valley—and the planting and garden, all as things of mine, to do or to worry about. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I also knew that Lynn was always right, so I was a little worried. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nobody worried about them bammas. Smelling like they Momma’s kitchen grease. Don’t look like they had a proper shower in days.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Now you’re worried about the children. Why is it that you don’t even think about them when it’s less convenient. When you’re partying with your women and your barroom buddies.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want him worrying about me while he was over there in France. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His father gave Doha a worried look before turning his attention to his patient. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The rental office tells him not to worry, that they will send someone by to remove the couch and the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were little white boys with complete collections of football cards, and their only want was a popular girlfriend and their only worry was poison oak. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My parents will have started to worry an hour ago, with Mama turning white around the edges and Papa making loud jokes to cover up his own concern. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ward was kind enough to lock my guitar up in his office in the morning so I wouldn’t have to worry about it walking away before then. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really worry about the string beans,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Mom? Am I always going to have to worry about jerks like that?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Similarly, black community residents who might have been inspired to challenge aggressive stop-and-frisk policies of a largely white police department may worry about “hurting” a black police chief. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let that young giant come near me, he worries me worse than mosquitoes,” whispered the old lady to Amy, as the rooms filled and Laurie’s black head towered above the rest. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, it’s a good thing you had those worry dolls with you, right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I found her enthusiasm kind of touching, actually—until the afternoon I overheard her talking on the phone to a friend, venting and not have “two needy children to worry about.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And because we do what we do, they won’t bother you, so you can just worry about your schoolwork and your essay. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Thus I plucked at my worried thoughts that stuck like burrs in my brain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t helping us. Somebody could be bleeding to death, and she would be more worried about her carpet and getting her party on.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

According to Pops, everyone was mainly worried about the youngest daughter, a diabetic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was worried she’d be scared when the Henrietta in the book has to live all on her own, but she just closed her eyes quietly and listened. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Luke wanted to keep his promise to Annie, to say that he hadn’t worried about Toby once when he walked into the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And don’t worry if your final picture doesn’t seem clear or if the edges around your story don’t seem sharp. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I worried that perhaps she resented me because I reminded her that her youngest child had died. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

About the last thing I remember him saying was “Don’t worry so much about it. It’s not the sneakers that count, it’s the feet.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Being gay is hard enough without having to worry about your family being weird about it.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mare hesitated and reached her head down, and I worried because there are some horses, many horses, who will not put up with dogs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It means exactly that. Perfect. Not a hair out of place, not a worry line to be found. Calm. Collected. Ready to take on whatever came next.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about that now, Bella. You can argue with me when you wake up.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, Fab. How are you? I don’t want you to worry about me. How are your cousins, and my dear sister? How is school? Fab, tell me that you are studying lots.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about this thing,” she says, swatting at the tube. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, worried what Luma would think, whether my helping Mandela round up his teammates might look like I was helping them break the rules. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like we’re going to run out. Those pines grow up like weeds, don’t you worry. Hey,” he touched her arm lightly, “you can smell the oil.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He never had to worry about school fees or textbooks or money for exams. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It turned out that I needn’t have been worried. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I worry what Mr. Daniels will say about it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“There is no one to worry about me and none to worry me either, which is a good thing,” and turning on his side he fell instantly asleep. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’s good that you’re a boy and don’t have to worry yourself about this war.’ Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even get a chance to worry that Pi might not be there. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she touched his arm and said, “Don’t worry, if he put the manuscript in a box, it will be safe from termites.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Thomas that follows Commander Jameson’s orders without question is a different Thomas from the one who worried about my safety in the Lake sector. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

All the worries and fears of the past few days are now over, for at last he has found his sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re okay. I promise you don’t have to worry about boulders chasing you or flying off a snowy mountain today.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried,” I told Birdie and Mae as we sipped hot peppermint tea at the kitchen table. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As the vacuum cleaner roared back and forth across the carpet, Matt looked so worried that Ralph began to worry too. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry yourself about them,” he says, “it takes a great deal more than a deck of cards to frighten this lot. But if you would rather not, I understand.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I told them, “Please tell my parents I am safe. Tell them not to worry.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to worry about things down there. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

No questions, no worries in her round hazel eyes, just that's fine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I extended my hand to Bodega, who all of a sudden looked worried. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I still don’t know how the conscious and unconscious mind works, but Dr. Strauss says not to worry yet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was worried, though, by the discovery of a back door that Kate hadn’t seen or thought to mention. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As a small, worried child, he hid pennies under a floorboard—a “hoard” to protect his family if “evil times” came. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t really worried yet; Jeffrey’s meds made him nauseous all the time.The real danger sign would be a fever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you? You don’t need to worry about money. That’s not your responsibility. It’s mine.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They told me not to worry about it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I was starting to worry,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Alexa gets to do all kinds of things without her parents worrying. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Most times, I would of worried about hitting somebody, especially a white man like that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I worry that they will be found. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, before you get any ideas, I’ve got Mrs. Walters watching the place while I’m gone. And you know she don’t have anything better to do than worry about what everybody else is doing.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Nhamo thought that was ludicrous, but she was far too worried to laugh. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to say, “Don’t worry about it,” but he didn’t. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Busy as she was with her nursing career, she also worried about whether she could truly give us the care we needed, especially after the disruption we’d experienced with Shanon. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I ask her for her email address, and when she raises an eyebrow, I tell her again not to worry, that I’m still gay. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My voice cracked as I tried my best not to cry, because for the first time on the trip I was worried about one of us not making it back to Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Henry kept saying, "Don't worry, Bryan, don't worry. Come back, okay?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Did they take your temperature?” asked Stuart, who was beginning to be genuinely worried about his new friend’s health. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

His tired, worried, angry eyes are like acid on my skin. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But he was worried when she refused to go to the hospital, worried when she would allow only Finn to touch her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Mama. Nothing really changes around here.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But that was something we didn’t have to worry about on Gemini 7; there would be no EVA on this flight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He really worries about his people. He worries about them so much he doesn’t even have time to talk to me.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We need to skedaddle. But don’t worry, Ess. This is good too. Come on!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"All right," he said, "I'll do what I can to help you. Go see if you can find some ice. And don't worry." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alby seemed mostly himself, but Thomas still worried about the guy’s mental state. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He worried that Chicago would not be up to the task. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried, Percy. Maybe I shouldn’t have asked you to do this. Or Tyson and Grover.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t think punctuality would be number one on her list of worries if she was. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But for a while I didn’t worry about eighth grade. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No disrespect to you, Ashton, but it sort of sucks that you can still go to the park with that gun and not have to worry about getting killed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The truth was, I wasn’t worried about whether he’d pass the bar and, somewhat annoyingly, neither was he. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And her wide smile makes me feel a little less worried. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

That is what my sass was doing to me, worrying and badgering me with her never-ending orders and scoldings. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that something is off, but mainly I’m worried about Safer. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I worry that you won’t have a life, that you’ll sit around here all day with no me to look after and stare at the walls and want to off yourselves.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Scattered throughout it are certain words, such as “worried,” “Florida,” “old,” “lonely,” “gray,” “bingo,” and “wrinkle.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It scares me, worrying about money and things going wrong and not having a source of income. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The doctor was worried that he wouldn't live long enough to see his wife again. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

What I do with the boys is nothing to worry about. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“People might do whatever they can to survive, but once they don’t have to worry about that, they’re different.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But doctors worried about the wound on her leg. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

And the worry was this: If it came too soon, Timothy would not be able to move. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Otto approached the man cautiously, worried about the panic he was in. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"A man doesn't have a worry in the world, while I've got a baby hanging over my head like a big stick, to keep me in line." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mama’s worried that our American stomachs won’t be able to handle anything but filtered water, home-cooked meals, and a handful of approved restaurants. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"I have to worry about you that whole time," she added. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Yardley’s sellout, the American military brass worried a great deal about the loyalty of their code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you worry, he would never hurt me or those children.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I remember a real dividing line between what it was like before she died and what it was like after. They were just my parents and I didn’t worry about anything.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

If he did see the deadness, he must have begun worrying, and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As if these worries were not enough, there hadn’t been a drop of rain all month. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and smelly and I was a little worried about what else this special chicken might be able to do, but I carried the crate all the way up to the henhouse anyway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And now things are awful and seem likely to get worse, and I worry that I'll never have the chance to tell you what it meant to me.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Joy. I bet you Ziggy is fine. You know, dogs are resourceful animals. They always manage to find a safe space when they need one. He’ll turn up. We’ll keep searching.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m worried about her. She was real sick a while ago. Had cramps and went a little out of her head.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Crane-man’s normally placid expression was replaced with a frown of worry when Tree-ear stumbled into the space under the struts and collapsed in a heap on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wondered why it was so easy for me to see that Phoebe’s mother was worried and miserable, but Phoebe couldn’t see it—or if she could, she was ignoring it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He worried that Kainene would call Madu and tell him what had happened, and Madu would laugh and say, “He was a mistake from the beginning, leave him, leave him, leave him.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At some point she offered to call my parents for me, so they wouldn’t be worried, but I told her not to bother. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I won’t drop you. I got your bag, too.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He and my father both looked so worried and sad. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He still felt badly that he was so worried about establishing priority, of ensuring that all would know that he was the first of the two men to have the idea. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant that Burnham could use Root’s floating grillage for foundations without having to worry about catastrophic settlement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So, even though the man is a stranger and I am afraid of him, I am worrying about his being sick, and the idea that he might die makes me feel quite desperate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was telling someone that the real worry with a burn isn’t the damaged tissue, but infection. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we don’t have to worry, then. Oh no we don't!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I waved sheepishly at my friends, hoping to convey that they didn’t need to worry anymore. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He worried about what would happen when he could no longer earn anything. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It “confirmed all our worries that he had no bed, no bed-clothes, no one to wash his things. But he wasn’t complaining at all, saying instead that it didn’t concern anyone and so on.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We walked over the compacted dirt toward the entrance, which wasn’t closed up, even though the park wasn’t open yet—I guess they weren’t too worried about people sneaking in. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was worrying the hem of her dress, and Valley looked at her intently. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I studied the people and saw the worry carved into their faces like a carefully designed mask. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It worries me that the other girls have a head start on this since their families are already friends with the movers and shakers of Ecuador. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were long past worrying about him—we had too much confidence in him for that—but we were never past accepting his most perilous moments quietly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Always, on nights returning alone, there were worries about practical matters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to worry them. They have to believe I can take care of them, otherwise our system wouldn’t work.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I think she liked the idea, and I don’t think she was worried. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was worried sick himself about the draft call that he knew was soon to come. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You all right? I was worried about you back on the bed there. Your eyes rolled up into your head and everything.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The people were worried when they saw the next morning how much of the grain had been eaten by these greedy birds. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was extremely easy to avoid eating lions, so Nhamo never worried about it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, his appearance was absurd—the empty tract of his chin was at the expense of a worried, overpopulated forehead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He worried that if he spoke he might start to cry, and so said nothing throughout the meal, and plugged his mouth with bread. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried about them getting hurt. I don’t know how I’m going to react, so I...” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She waited, worried, on the veranda overlooking the street. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Ralph began to worry lest Miss K think up a project to find out if a sock with static cling would adhere to a mouse. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I’ll be per-fectly safe. I’m not even a real soldier. Just one of Plutarch’s televised puppets,” I reassure her. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re sorry? You’re sorry? Do you know how worried I was? You just disappear like that? We looked everywhere for you!” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She agreed to everything, even to not telling Elizabeth until Halloween night so that she wouldn’t have too long to worry about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if they didn’t, they always worry about doing something wrong. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I worried about my brothers catching diseases that we would find no cure for, especially since Mother was always talking about the deadliness of cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” Carlos said to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For a second he worried that the door swung inward and that he would never be able to drag the thing open against the pressure of oil holding it closed — The door blew open. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing them exposed like that, as the winds picked up and the sky darkened, worried Zeitoun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry about all of that yet.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He slid his arm around Beto and whispered in his ear, “It’s going to be fine, buddy, don’t worry about them.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could see the worry in his eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought it was because . . and she trailed off, having no answer. “Don’t worry,” Lina said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, they’re probably worrying about the first frost now and wondering if they should cover up their tomatoes,” my father said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I shouldn’t be corrupting you on our first date. Seriously, no worries. And no pressure. I enjoy a glass of wine with dinner once in a while, that’s all.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not worried—just curious. She took her maps.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hovers in the doorway uncertainly, and a glance at his face reveals a worried expression. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When I was a baby, my mother worried that I would die from colic and hunger. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I remember how worried I was to see you go into the water. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“On this second occasion I became very worried,” said Gold. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You seem agitated,” said Mary in a worried tone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

During dinner at Portugal Place I was back in a mood to worry about what was wrong. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And so I can see by the expression on her face that she's worried too. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If it is not possible, don’t worry I will just do after school jobs to get the money but it’s very tiring. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jam exhaled in relief, the tight knot of worry in her chest loosening a little but not entirely. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry about food and bills,” Dad said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s hung up. And now he keeps glancing over. Don’t worry—I’m looking at Thomas and just using my powerful peripheral vision to relay this information to you.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I still walked around with my mother’s advice ringing in my ear: Make the money first and worry about your happiness later. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“He thinks he’s a guard dog. Don’t worry, though. He’s all bark. Wouldn’t hurt a flea.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was not a pleasant week, because I worried the entire time that they would find something wrong with me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When things get quiet, though, I still worry about Fang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Nothing to worry about. Eat up before your food gets cold." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to move to a nice neighborhood, do you worry that you might not be welcome because of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I began to worry that things were going to get ugly, but I couldn't sort out what to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In an instant a flood of sadness and tragedy had overtaken everyone, and I began to worry that it would be impossible for this family to leave Herbert. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I says I’ve tried to keep you from being worried by her; I says far as I’m concerned, let her go to hell as fast as she pleases and the sooner the better. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I can take care of your baby. I’ve got lots of experience now.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. The movie will begin soon, and you’ll have the best time of your life.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, ‘That stupid policeman. Saying not to worry. I’ll bet he doesn’t have children.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom paused to give me an excited, worried grin and to wave goodbye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Like she was worried as me to see if Miss Lizzy liked her food. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Doha, I don’t know if the prison guards will let you bring this to Sunjin and his mother,” she said with a worried frown. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Some of the parents, they’re too scared; but that’s not all the adults. I know others will resist. We have to ignore the haters and not worry about what they’ll think.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“What worries me,” Mr. Eberhardt said, “is the family situation. It doesn’t sound too good.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari didn’t try to find any more berries or fruit, worried that she would make them all sick again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would worry them; she could tell them, perhaps, when it was safely done—when, among other things, there would be no chance for Martin to volunteer in her place. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked himself in the corner of the couch and gave me a worried look. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No need to worry, miss,” he says over the hum of the engines. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His worries were on target: the virus, not the British, stopped the Continental army's drive into Quebec in 1776. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Others began to shake it and at that moment I began to worry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so worried and scared that I didn’t even hear Sam coming until I was across Read’s pasture and climbing over a stone wall at the other side. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly turned my back to him, worried that he might recognize me and come over. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Frank batted at them until they stopped smoking, but he wasn’t particularly worried. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I spent much of 2008 trying not to worry about the punches. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once numbers shed their geometric significance, mathematicians no longer had to worry about mathematical operations making geometric sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This was the question that worried her most: determining for herself her motive. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to worry that I might disappear—really, really disappear behind the courtroom door. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Hey! I am worried about it! Why is everyone talking about me? And why do I feel it's not in a good way?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know everything about that girl, but I do know that she has a lot more to worry about than an insect on a train. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I did worry sometimes that a person could climb over the boundary wall and jump into my room. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You worry too much, Nell. You probably just like thinking it was your fault.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what he was talking about, but I didn’t have time to worry about it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t got time to be worried about you—I have enough headache as it is. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I turn to leave, she says, “Everything’s going to be okay, Noah. Don’t worry.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s attending to High Command. He’ll be back soon. I know he’s worried about you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’m pulled back into this game, to my friends, and to Kasim when he says, “How many times I gotta tell you not to worry about them? They’re doing their thing.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was merely furious that her parents, and Jamie’s too, had been so stingy that she had been away from home for less than one whole day and was already worried about survival money. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was not worried about this at all. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The next day I could see Tommy going about with his arm held out very rigidly and looking worried. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m breathing again I worry some more about Mr. Woodwell. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Politicians don’t worry about them and interest groups don’t lobby for them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No worries. You’re going to be late for work if you don’t get going.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Besides, I didn’t want to worry about it anymore. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Sverrisson had brought this up, as delicately as he could, Bobby had replied: “A will is not necessary. Don’t worry about that. Miyoko has full authority to do anything for me, if necessary.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I left for a while but couldn't stop worrying, so I went back to make myself tea. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, worried, tired of his thoughts, he called out to Teresa. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And she had worried about that, but...it hadn’t become less effective over time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I told him that Father was as troublesome as ever, that Mama seemed more worried and would be glad to see him, and that Chasca had been chosen to be a Sun Maiden. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Ms. Tomoko to worry, so I forced myself to eat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Carroll told him not to worry about it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Money worries were ever constant, and she was no longer young. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Landor had had a wife—a thin slip of a woman with a worried face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Well, it was too late to worry about that. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried that people would make fun of me, right? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward. The rest is up to Allah, including the danger.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if I was more angry or amazed or worried. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gherland thought as they walked, tendrils of worry curling around his heart, cinching into a hard, tight knot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was told not to worry so much. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her worries are so pedestrian, so soothing in an absurd way, like a holiday from all the things that real people have to care about. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Strange as it was, he had enough to worry about. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hold a glass of water without worrying I’d drop it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Carroll had sat with us, had been afraid with us, had worried about us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a coast-to-coast call went out for even more demonstrations, he worried: Would this tragedy become the cause of scores of others? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I always tell them “I’m OK!” and “I’m fine . . . don’t worry about me!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were like, “Don’t worry about anything. You’ll feel it all coming back in a few seconds.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touched Jam’s cheek and gave her a soft, worried look before leaving with the serum, and Jam sagged with relief as soon as the door slid closed again. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She stared at Jinny, her mouth drawn into a tight worried frown, her eyes huge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That was my job: to worry, and to keep him safe. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough not being able to read the map without having to worry about missing the landmarks altogether, but with the moon hiding behind a cloudy sky, they were both impossible. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Seven felt guilty; she knew Thorn worried about them fighting, but she was starting to understand this was just how she and Valley joked around. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rain must have agreed with me, because she looked really worried. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Is he really not worried about what I might have done to Valerian? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Violet pointed out, “Trees make air,” which kind of worried me because I knew Dad would think it was snotty. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been paying attention because I was worried about Vonetta. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even when I was my happiest, I had a worry that started right above my brow, where you know a thing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radar and I sit up front, and we try to keep from worrying by playing a game we’ve just invented called That Guy Is a Gigolo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me a key to his house and we agreed to maintain our different schedules without worrying about the usual host-guest relationship. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Kathy worried about the reach of the Department of Homeland Security, its willingness to contact anyone born in or with a connection to the Middle East. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I was supposed to meet him. He’s going to be worried.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what he was talking about, but I was worried about his condition. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now I was even more worried about what I was going to say to Jessica. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have made you meet with my dad. I was just worried about your sister is all. But now that she’s safely off the island...” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course, you're well enough. Don't worry, they wouldn't be moving you if you weren't well enough." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But he was too tired to worry about it now. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Anyway. You can tell your dad he doesn’t have to worry about me and my bad influence much longer.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was a little worried that the tinker might take offense at my wheedling, but instead he smiled a sly smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You sound annoyed whenever you talk to him, and you looked worried when he got near your backpack.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bitter walked beside him, her hand on Jam’s arm, her voice low and soothing: “We be home soon, doux-doux. You eh have to worry. We be home soon.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Rahel began to worry about being late for The Sound of Music. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jasmine’s really worried, you know,” I tell him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I had been disappearing, but Momma really didn’t need to worry, I wasn’t going anywhere. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read the book’s description: “Billy wants to be a great quarterback like his hero, Johnny Unitas, but his coach is worried he’ll get hurt.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The badger passed a bundle of arrows to Ambrose Spike for distribution as she replied, “Aye, that she is, Father Abbot. But she looks worried. Matthias, do you think?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Starry is waiting, arms crossed, a worried pucker on her forehead. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Fito turned back to me, he said brightly, “But don’t worry, Señora. He’s nothing to worry about.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A walking model of all the various styles of fine hand sewing and it didn’t worry me that I was only twelve years old and merely graduating from the eighth grade. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said his friends were imaginary,” my dad repeated, sounding worried. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I was real worried about what Miss Love would think if she heard it, but they all crossed their hearts and hoped to die. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She worries about the children’s clothes as much as her own. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even better, Mom’s been so preoccupied with reviewing Lily’s college applications that I think she’s forgotten to be so worried about me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I am so worried about this dear man I pray for him every day. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At this point he had nothing to do but wait, and overwhelmed with self-reproach and worry, he began to creep and crawl over everything: walls, furniture, and ceiling,. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worry about them, too, but I can’t imagine how much more they worry about me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“But it’s nothing to worry about, Mama. Pretty sure everyone has bad dreams occasionally. I know Jupe does.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Felix wasn't worried about the paper with their names coming out of the wallet; he was worried about getting the twenty dollars back in. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At bedtime, they tossed and turned all night, scarcely getting any sleep between the loud snoring of Edgar and Albert and their own worried thoughts. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I guess the pressure’s off now, right? No more worrying about making the first kiss perfect.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I never worried about finding my way through the house, as August left a trail of night-lights on from the kitchen to the bathroom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry that or it’s liable to scar worse,” she’d said as she handed Naomi an enormous piece of pecan pie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I need to give him a reason to talk to me, and I’m worried that whatever I saw will make me look like a madwoman. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been beset of late by troubling dreams. I worry about you when you are gone.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And I worried about telling my coach and the other members of the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to worry about the man in the bunk below mine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I remind Safer that I haven’t ever actually seen Mr. X, he tells me not to worry, that I will recognize him because he is the only person who wears all black in May. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And don’t worry about the scale. Got me?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’d thought to worry about Mama Mwanza but not my own crippled twin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t come over today. I was worried.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, she met Mama’s eyes, but her mother didn’t look worried. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Now I worry. You know, you have hand? Now I have no finger.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I want you to know I'm here for you in that capacity. I believe I can help. I'm worried about you, Luke.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Monday through Saturday, when Elizebeth was at work, she had to push all these worries to the back of her mind. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Him not showing up today? I’m not worried. I think his disappearance is part of his next big game.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Others worried it might be a move to cancel Ares 4 and 5. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the Easter Bunny incident, my parents started to worry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Mo always said you worried too much. Told me I needed to make sure you didn't go gray before high school." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and thank you for coming. I’d worried that after last night’s incident my overture came too late, but it looks like we still have a little time.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Aside from the hostility we feared he would face if Walter was released, we were worried about what would happen if a new trial was ordered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her question startled me—suddenly I worried that my request for a dollar may have been out of line. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We’d been taught that worrying about inmates’ concerns was tantamount to pandering, that it almost demeaned an officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in addition to worrying about the Ku Klux Klan coming to get us in the night, I started to worry every moment about being bombed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But I was worried that if they were in the water, the cold would get to them before any of us could.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But she continued working too hard and worrying too much. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The normal part, which won’t let such an unacceptable act slide just because there are bigger things to worry about. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What? Just saying—” “Don’t worry about it,” Frank mumbled. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes! but that is all right; you needn’t worry about that!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pa is relieved but, as always, worried about what the future will bring for Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now is not the time to worry about my own drama. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“As for you, Percy Jackson, it’s true you bear the mark of Achilles. That makes you a little tougher to kill. But don’t worry. We’ll find a way.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine! Just a little upset about some stuff going on at work. Don’t worry about it.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy turned the radio off; she didn’t want the kids to worry. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I wish I could go back to when worrying about what they thought was my biggest problem. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I can take care of everything, don’t worry.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks worried and helpless, but already withdrawing from me, distancing himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never have to worry about that with my parents. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

By said, “first thing you gotta worry about is high winds.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith was worried that the load would strain the leg, so he pulled out the yellow sweating hood and gave the horse slow gallops. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to love it when the doctor lays all this horrific stuff on you and then tells you not to worry. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn't worry at all about such things. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I feel so warm and relaxed and beyond worrying about a future I’ll never have, I just let the word slip out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he worried that his routine voyages might, in fact, be a dead end. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Not to worry, Harry. I’m about to fix your arm.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

My worries about Deputy Collins and Lettie and everything else faded away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, choiceless, she went, leaving husband, sister, Rose Dear and May behind, and if she worried, the blond baby helped soothe her, and kept her entertained for eighteen years, until he left home. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried about it for a moment as I held the bottle by the neck, but I wanted to trust her, and so I did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Charlie was absentminded at dinner, worried over something at work, I guessed, or maybe a basketball game, or maybe he was just really enjoying the lasagna — it was hard to tell with Charlie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Which I imagine you don’t have to worry about, being that you don’t have one.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Why had He taken her parents and left her to worry about her brother? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I kept worrying that I was getting pneumonia, with all those hunks of ice in my hair, and that I was going to die. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She brought me some iced Kool-Aid and pretended to be worried about my wound. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He could feel himself beginning to panic, and he suppressed it, pushing the worry back down inside him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As a musician, I always worried that something might happen to my hands, and my work as an artificer had doubled that anxiety. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when he woke up, he seemed worried that he might have said something in his sleep—something that he shouldn’t have. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It had permeated everything else between them, a state of affairs she sometimes worried over. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ernie seemed just as worried but lifted the fork straight to his mouth and tasted it anyway. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was fearful also, but she did not want to share her worries with the others. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I’ll make you glad you picked me for your team, Charles! I promise.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"What a pleasure to formally meet you. I was beginning to worry that I'd never get the chance." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“They’re more worried about me now than they are about Mike. You know what I’m saying?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lola said I was too young, but Lolo said not to worry since in the Philippines Id be tending the farm, so what was the harm? The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Though he smiled, it did not erase the worry that creased his brow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s there—don’t worry. Hiding in the shadows, just behind his mother. I’ll let the cub out now. You may wish her well, if you’d like.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cheerful bounce of Darnell's hair contrasted with his worried demeanor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I knew she had to be really tired to sleep in the air, despite her fear of heights, but she didn’t have much to worry about. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I just wanna go to school. Get to basketball. Play. And now I gotta worry about cops running free over our school. How many of us knew that Officer Hull had a temper?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her father worried that if they left Incheon, he would not be able to make enough money to buy rice, like so many other poor Koreans. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I needed to know that dying and going to heaven didn’t involve any regrets or sorrows or worries. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around, worried, thinking of dementors, then realized that the carols had finished, that the chatter and flurry of churchgoers were fading away as they made their way back into the square. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when he heard we were on a spy hunt, he got real worried. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, I had enough real worries just keeping her clean and helping her grow up all over again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The people in charge bring in Saigon-famous singers to raise refugee spirits, but faces keep twisting with worries. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You will never own anything; you will always worry for food. I like very much you own something. Eat, ah, peanut butter.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had certainly plenty to worry about besides the coldness which apparently had infected my classmates once again, their crisp air of solidarity, the cool way their eyes seemed to look right through me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That started to worry me a little but I didn’t worry much. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face first got mad but then when the farmer put me down on my feet and I fell over to one side because of the pain in my ankle she got all worried again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the castles thought themselves secure, the cabins needn’t worry. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Closing the door behind himself, Bast’s expression was worried. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Getting there had taken weeks of talk and worry already; it was slower than Christmas. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles, quite aside from worrying whether he would become the next focus of the gentlemen's attention, actually thought himself in danger of physical assault. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I even began to worry about the winter, about cutting firewood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like my wife riding the subway because I worry she’ll get followed by someone just like that.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many a woman, white or black, waving to her husband as the trains of soldiers pulled out of the station, harbored anxiety alongside her sadness and pride, worried about how to make ends meet. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One honest employer confirmed the truth in these worries: blacks were hired “solely on account of the shortage of labor....As soon as the situation clears itself no more colored help will be employed.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To ease their worries he smiled good-naturedly and gave a little wave—then immediately regretted it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah worried about him a little, but only a very little. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aleksandr Gridnev was never brought to trial, but throughout the war and for years afterward he had to worry that he might be. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She was too worried about losing Jason to his old life. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I looked for him in line, worried he might be planning something that would get us all shot— but I didn’t see him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I was sad that I had made him worry. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“His presence,” Myrta said, “was like oil on troubled waters, as mother often said to him. He was so kind, so gentle and thoughtful that we forgot our cares and worries.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won’t even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She glanced brightly up at him, anticipating the shock and beginning worry in him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. As a matter of fact, I’m just going to my room for a good long rest. But don’t you worry, before long I’ll make those rats pay dearly for hurting your father.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I looked behind me, suddenly worried that we were leaving a trail that would be easy to follow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

If she needed to worry about anyone, it was Erin Wheeler, who hadn’t been at school for a week. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His mum didn’t move, though she looked a little worried at what he’d said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now I saw him dart a quick worried glance at Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I worried about Dad, I worried about Grandma. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure? It doesn’t worry me but I’m afraid to worry you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I must have flipped my head around, really fast, because she says, “Don’t worry, happens all the time.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it! Just look back there behind where it was.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Scarlett had worried that Mr. Frost would ask Bod lots of questions, but he didn’t. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the next few days, she was so taut with anxiety that he too began to worry about Madu and then resent himself for doing so, and then resent his resentment. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though none of us kids got hurt by the bomb they acted like they were worried about us. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t have anything to worry about, kid.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The stuff— the stuff called pride, that attitude, that aura, your identity, your self, your pride, peace of mind, worry free. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

With their long honey-brown hair, hazel eyes, and perfect smiles, they had nothing to worry about. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Each time a new person stepped into the shop, the chickens must worry. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, that is the main thing I’m worried about in here, making sure I can pass the GED. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I worry that if I look too closely I’ll discover that green Life Savers don’t exist. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not at all a disagreeable woman, but she sometimes got rather cross when she was worried about money. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

All my anger at her over the last week evaporates in a haze of worry about the ice cream machine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Ruth might well have been thinking along the same lines, because she was now looking definitely worried, but in the end she did a little laugh, like Rodney had made a joke. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, though I almost would have been less worried if Mr. D had hauled me back to camp. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Arthur prays—too long for someone who just said he was worried about being late. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I worried that, as much as she tried, she would now always have this feeling of disappointment every time she looked at me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That night I picked your brother up from here, he said for me not to worry about him.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At first, Ferris’s main worry was whether he could acquire enough steel to build his machine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Officials worried that the women would become martyrs. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mama and Doc both worried about being able to take care of the family. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Despite bigger problems, greater worries, it was heartbreak that seized me when I first saw my male face in the mirror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“She said it’s because I’m about to become a teenager. She doesn’t want one around. Too much to worry about, and she says I need a father to keep me in line.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Are you sick? You’re so pale—I worry about you, Luke, all day long. But then I remind myself, you’re safe here at home, out of harm’s way.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't ask for help from the government even when she worried about how to feed us both. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They worried about me, guided me, and punished me, all in a spirit of loving fairness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t worry about going public with it; feelings don’t consume her the way his do. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I rush over to stop him, but I worry I won’t get there in time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I flee to where I left Chou and Pithy, and see their figures running toward me, axes over their shoulders, faces full of worry and fear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why worry when the day held so many possibilities? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It worried him—if Minho gave up, they were all in big trouble. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry about anything,” my brother said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Patty, go. We here to support you. Not for you to worry about us. I got Skunky here if I need help. Ain't that right?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

This was still the man whose motto was "Don't worry, be happy." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At 10:22 Rishi seriously began to worry that Dimple wouldn’t come. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I started to worry that she wasn’t going to come at all, so I did what I always did when I started to worry. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were they too worried about me to look out for themselves? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’d been imagining myself frowning at the crowd from our usual bolt-hole and worrying over whether I’d do well enough in the tournament to impress one of the royal family into granting me knighthood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The woman smiled a thin, little, worried smile. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It is the least of my worries, and now I am back to that. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The upside was that because she’d been so worried about being late, Dimple had driven ten above the speed limit the entire time, refused to stop for breaks, and made it early. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Starr, we’re okay. Don’t worry about it. Your father’s being...your father.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God,” came a woman’s worried voice. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t worry. I’m more excited about the sheep anyway.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was reason to worry, too, for just a few years ago, the demons had broken their own laws and turned away over twenty thousand of their former guests who had expected to be readmitted. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey could almost hear the worries that nobody said aloud. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no use in worrying,” Mama said in her calm way. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She worried briefly, because what if she and Akira became children like that soon? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'm so worried about what he's going to do, that he's liable to blow up the plant or something that I took out some extra insurance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry. We’re not going to any deserts.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run to her and comfort her and tell her how sorry I was for all the worry and grief I had caused her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally became worried about the state of his animals and he threw an oilcloth over his head and sent to Petra Cotes’s house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“At the end, she was in severe pain, but she was so brave, never complaining, only worrying about what would happen to me.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about that, my love. We’ll get you a change of clothes,” said Mother, moving in front of him to shield his embarrassment. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I was worrying about you the other night to your dad,” she said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And you too, she thought, casting a worried glance at her friend’s wide-open face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Does your mother know you’re out? You must not worry her so much.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried I might ruin your wrestling career.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I could see he’d been worried that Edward’s daring rescue might have impressed me, and he was relieved that it seemed to have the opposite effect. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t think—” My secretary, Mrs. De Bourbon, came bustling in, looking worried. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

But nothing like that was worrying the two of them right then, and Grandpa had just about as many plans in his head as she did. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Someday they’re going to bust him cold. Don’t worry,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What”—the words caught in my throat—“what happened to everyone? I’ve been worried about how I left things and if they could all find new jobs.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the day worrying myself sick. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Mama worry when she almost always had an answer for everything was the worst part. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I dialled his number and listened to his voice when he picked up, at first soft with sleep, and then louder, wary, worried, exasperated. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no worries about you and Lee. Twice a week you meet already! What more can you ask? Tell me, you touch each other?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fed the fire and wondered vaguely if Wil and Sim were worried about my sudden disappearance back at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To rush my worries to a climax, my mother also became ill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried that if he kept saying it, it might turn out to be true. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From then on, instead of worrying about Mary, I concentrate on the work. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Is not to worry. Now, back in there, we have pie,” she said, and she took the pie from the oven. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Another woman worries, Ah, no, they don’t like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” Miles said at the same time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had thought that all his fuss about me being at the trial was because he was worried about me, but now I wasn’t sure why he didn’t want me mixed up in the trial. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The first day I came here, I was worried that I'd never be able to chat for thirty minutes. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know what, don't worry about it. We'll figure that out later. Let's just start with some stretching." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But I don’t need to worry because the father responds immediately “Well, what about the state of you? When was the last time you washed that jacket?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kepler was worried about such tiny numbers because he had a quite different understanding of astronomy from anyone before him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now I wasn’t worried about soiling it; I just wanted to help my aunt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Reverend Lanier once preached that when a door is shut in our faces, we shouldn’t worry, because someday, if we’re properly patient, God just might open another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could see how it was a whole lot harder when things were real and you had to worry ’bout shotguns and chains and coughing little babies and crying folks without no clothes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Doha, I know you are really worried about Sunjin and his mother, but try not to be too anxious,” his father said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She began to slip them one by one through her fingers, exactly as her father had done, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather, performing a family legacy of precise, codified, thorough worrying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I am not to worry about a thing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So dont worry about me bringing in somebody to take your place. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried about what might happen if Rufus called me from the car while it was moving. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried when the office called my name to get picked up during science, and when I didn’t see Charlie in the car, I felt even worse. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But let it be her shoes I worry about instead of the other thing tugging at my mind now all the time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t need to worry about me and my overhalls long as Ah still got nine hundred dollars in de bank. Tea Cake got me into wearing ’em—following behind him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"I'm mostly worried about the lifers. They're the ones who will die in here." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray, who became like a big brother to me—well, maybe more like an uncle—was worried about me staying in the house by myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt a moment of fear, worried that the Keepers might take out their anger on him for knowing so much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

People who were dropped on their heads always worry someone will steal their stout. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I think we have more to worry about when it comes to the smoke, but if you want to focus on vampires, sure thing,” Cas said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

No one had ever worried about germs in empty space, but now we were going to touch the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It needed a great deal of heat to ignite, which is why I wasn’t worried about carrying it around in my pocket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had not settled in my mind whether I believed in God or not; His existence or nonexistence never worried me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

NASA's probably pretty worried about me by now. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But within hours on Sunday morning Nixon’s worried aides were calling him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her only worry about the salt was that her sweaty hands were going to turn it to paste. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

You deserve to grow up where you don’t worry about saving half a bite of sweet potato. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lee knew that he was worrying too much, recognized it, put a stop to it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glances at the stuffed case, exchanges a look with my father that I cannot read—worry? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had already lost thirteen points, all because she had to come helling in there at twelve, worrying me about that letter. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the worry, the haste with which they had to move to get away, the fact she felt impelled to urge them to move faster and faster; anyway, her head began to ache. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, ma’am,” boomed Duke over the roar of the raging rapids. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Too hungry to worry about tomorrow, I bought a thick slice of cheese and a warm sausage, then a whole loaf of fresh bread and a warm apple tart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to worry about any of that. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well. I think it could happen. Certainly it hasn’t happened yet. I’m not worried. More likely it would be a virus that reduces us by some per-=fr® centage. By thirty percent. By ninety percent.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve been up all night, worried about you! Worried about my babies being in this neighborhood.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was also over dinner that the girl let loose a steady stream of worries. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said, “Don’t worry none ’bout her; long afore she get back, these two will be cooling their heels in a cell.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at the throngs coming and going, and it worried him also. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My virtue is honestly the last thing I'm worried about. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And then Jake came to Alaska’s defense, saying that she would never cheat because she loved him, and then I was like, ‘Don’t worry about Sara. She just likes bullying people.’ Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

So many of us, I was realizing, had the same struggles, the same concerns for our kids and worries about the future. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“They bicker like cats in a bag, worried they’re not getting enough attention. If only I’d known you were coming along, I would have waited.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, don’t worry about the tray. But what on earth was it that made you drop it? Why did you go white as a ghost all of a sudden?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank had decided that whatever his fate was, he wouldn’t worry about it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘It’ll be a lot of work getting the legion back in shape, repairing the damage Octavian did. Dating regulations will be the least of my worries.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“All that worrying. Seems like the worst part of being an adult to me.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Since we came up out of the volcano-murk our spirit is not all spent in work and worry, and we talk again in the tent after our dinner. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s Hilda, who is always worried Imre will be robbed because he sells diamond rings on Forty-Seventh Street, and their children, Eva and Ezra, who are too shy to talk. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He worried most about his shooting, that his touch would desert him, that his fingers would stiffen, and that the coach’s eye would fix on him every time he missed a shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me. I’m the one with the gun, remember?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Duchess comes over, worry on her face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, okay? And you can always talk to me if you want. Is something bothering you?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now that I have decided, I am beginning to worry about something that I know is really foolish: how I look, how I’m dressed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Except Ruby never texted me back this morning when I asked if her mom had said she could come, and I’m kind of starting to worry. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m beginning to think I was wrong to worry about the United Nations being in trouble. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His place was having other people worry about him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The simplicity of the remark unhinged his brother who went by a wall and found something of interest in the skirting board which he worried with the tip of his shoe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He must have been on pins and needles for a long time, worried that somebody’d find out, because he broke down right then and there and confessed the whole thing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Last night I could hardly enjoy thinking about those rats flying off the stage for worrying about her crying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Someone worried about his chickens? Someone missing his traps?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

‘But I can always charm Father into forgiving me. He’s never been able to stay mad at me. It’s you I’m worried about.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I felt stronger anyway—because of his kindness and efforts I was sure—and should be of no worry to him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably thought I was going to fight her for control of the river, and she was worried she would lose. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I carefully explained that I’d canceled my trip, worried about my truck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"What are you worried about, Meriyn? Are we going to lose this battle, after all?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed away from greasy moisturizers, worried they would make me break out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You were so happy, I felt reluctant to leave, but after a while, my worry took over, and I told you we had to go find a job. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No worries,” he says, pulling the coat to help me get my arm out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Pa sounded like his mother, Big Ma, worrying about white people. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination — holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry," the intern said, displaying a bruised shin. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried that Luke would get picked on in that rough-and-tumble place. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I was so worried that I didn’t even knock, just slipped inside. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can I not worry? That’s all you ever talk about.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t want you to worry about me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to lie down and not worry about the clinic,” she retorted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For a heartbeat, Scarlett thought that her mother was going to strike Mr. Frost, who just looked worried. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As we throw our cups away, my brain starts worrying about what’s going to happen at school tomorrow. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Flatnose cast a worried look over the books at his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then our father would worry and he might not drive as well and they would get in an accident and get killed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we left the parking lot and rolled past strip malls toward Grandpa Portman’s house, I began to worry about what we might find when we got there. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me. I don’t drink and I don’t run around. I’m no boozer and whorehound. I know what’s good for me.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“No, we’re just training you—someone’ll probably want a break. Don’t worry, it’s been a while since a Runner was killed.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Tyler has anything crossed, but he doesn’t look worried. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She knew she shouldn’t worry yet, but her mind took dark turns. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Homer, for God’s sake,” I heard her say in a small and worried voice I hadn’t ever heard her use before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I’m sorry,” I said, worried about the tinge of green coloring his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Because you, of all people, shouldn’t be worried or even thinking about insurance. He had no business telling you that there’s a problem.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But since Mrs. Maxy didn’t show up I stopped worrying about what might happen. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace’s parents told her what it had been like to bring her home as a brand-new infant, the worry that Melissa would take her back. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was almost too embarrassed to explain—especially to Nathan, who, because he was very, very dark skinned, never had to worry about Africans killing him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. We’ll make a warrior of you yet. You know...” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“So, I hear tell y’all got some Klan worries here in Bumblebee.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry, darling. Every eye is going to be on you at that recital. Not on that Uma girl. But are you sure you don't want to grow your hair?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luckily my financial aid package didn’t require me to fence, so I was free to make this decision without worrying about my tuition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I still worried he was wrong, but fresh bread made me forget all my troubles. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was worried about Charles, and upset that he was so hostile and uncommunicative. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It worries him, the scope of the binding. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, okay? You keep telling me I should get up and out, and now I am, so you should be happy.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry about that. She’s just worried. You see . . . it’s dangerous for more than just me if, after spending so much time with you so publicly . . .” He looked down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding—I been texting you! You had me worried! You remember the last time I saw you?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then, worried I was in danger of melting down into sentiment, I raised my glass again and urged everyone to start. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Papd and Mama have enough to deal with. We shouldn’t make them worry about us, too.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was worried even before last year, even before there was reason. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Why were you so worried? Because this is the first time Akka and Arul have ever been out on their own in the dark without me, or something?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Noodles's voice went from joking to real worried, in a snap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But the sun would be up soon, so I knew I could crash there in my hideout without worrying that I would freeze to death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yup. The captain’s worried about weirdos trying to do something to it. But Sookie promised me a cooler full of lobsters if I sit here all night. You ready to go?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But her mother worried that they were too close to the thirty-eighth parallel that separated North and South Korea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Seven’s heart felt heavier, her chest tightening with anxiety and worry. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sisters used their money to publish a newspaper, Woodhull & Claflin’s Weekly, without worrying about whom they might offend. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But gradually the smiles on people’s faces assured us that there was nothing to worry about anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I guess the dead didn’t have to worry about little hazards like being speared by stalactites the size of booster rockets. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma said if he worried her that much, she ought to use the clumber pot in place of the privy. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take a huge gulp of the beer, worrying a real real lot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you worry about your father. We’re taking very good care of him.’ The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Byrd says, like she has no clue that this fact is the least of Axel’s worries right now. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

During the journey her worried thoughts had included the following: Would she arrive at Ashton Place on time for her interview, or would masked bandits storm the train and take the passengers hostage? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Papa smiled, but the worried look in his eyes betrayed him. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“There’s no words, don’t worry, nothing offensive. It’s something one of the people on the hall will like. Like a gift.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She moved her hands toward her face, and I worried that she might start to cry. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They worried that I wouldn’t attract boys, that I would be a wallflower, like Aunt Zo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Just worried about my mom, and Bridget’s never around.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Another Nowruz had come and gone for Sohrab without his father, and I was worried about feeling invisible. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’m serious. Did you not hear me before? Ma and Pappa are worried sick about you. You can’t just walk out on them and think I’ll cover for you.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Thirteen students in my class made fallout- shelter models for their science project, which shows it was not just me worried about it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’re not worried I’m going to run for it?” he asks, stretching out his legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do. I don’t want to be worried about such things. Father says I needn’t, it’s too soon and I’d rather not.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry, Archer. Like Marmalade said, no one would stand for it. The Red War’s a myth.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was worried about several clients who were struggling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She did not worry what could happen in three weeks when she was supposed to take her two dollars and ten cents back to True Belle. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Protective worrying, engaging with another’s mind as one entered it, taking the dominant role as one guided another’s fate, was hardly mental freedom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about the car, sweetheart, that’s not what we want to talk to you about.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He made it up so you wouldn’t worry.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if he worried about Gabe now, about the frailty of the little boat he was striving to build and the dangers he would face if somehow he launched it into the river. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You gotta understand: Gwenforte loved that little girl so much, and was so protective of her, that nobody worried about it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now there’s worry in her voice as she says, “Don’t tell me, Alberto. You didn’t buy that car, did you?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His forehead was drawn together in a worried frown. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sissy announced that she was going to stay the night, Katie looked worried and said there was but the one bed which she and Johnny shared. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one good thing about math club was that it took place during my regular math time, so I only had to do math once a day instead of twice, like I was worried about. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Brushing her bangs to hide the mark, Hannah left the bathroom worried that someone else might be lying in wait for her, and dreading it. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You needn't worry, I'm not like those down there, young fellow," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have to worry about very cold regions, because, whether returning from earth orbit or from the moon, our flight path stayed near the equator, where the climate is warm. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they kill me, at least I be free at last. I ain’t worried ’bout it.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled back and the other woman gave me a worried glance before leaving and closing the door behind her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I would think of them, worry about them, but for the moment I was just hoping for the Freedom Bird to take me back to the World. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sense in worrying about a psychological assessment that could only confirm what was obvious: that I was a normal, well-adjusted girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I worried at times that my crocus was too elaborate a bloom, not a common perennial but a hothouse flower, a hybrid named by its originator like a rose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You take a little two by four country storekeeper like I say it takes a man with just five hundred dollars to worry about it fifty thousand dollars’ worth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it doesn’t look like much now, but don’t worry. It will be assembled and waiting for you upon your arrival.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We can hang strips impregnated with the chemical lindane in our closets and garment bags or place them in our bureau drawers for a half year’s freedom from worry over moth damage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“He just worries for me, maybe a little too much. But he’s a good brother...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I might have worried even more about Vanguard’s failure if I hadn’t had rocket problems of my own. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas worried what Minho might do—then again, Thomas kind of wanted him to go punch her in the face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Some parents worried that their kids might get hit by lightning, but Mom and Dad never did, and they let us go out and play in the warm, driving water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In his car on the observation train, Ky Ebright was worried. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell her that I wasn’t worried. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need to worry—Dicey liked her work, she liked making money. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Said he was going to be passing and not to worry about the stove....When did he come home? I knocked earlier and he wasn’t there!” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was no time to worry about what had been lost, because initially we couldn’t even see the other boats. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried about the both of you,” she said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But while I’ve been living day to day, worrying about walking, my parents have been taking the long view, thinking about my future. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I will see to the front line, Father. Don’t worry. I will not fail” He nodded politely to Tyson. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m all right, Mr. Max. Just go and tell Ma I was all right and not to worry none, see? Tell her I was all right and wasn’t crying none. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t worry about all the kids at your new school,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘I won’t budge. Here, take this elven-cake, and drink that last drop in your bottle! The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t just worry about tomorrow,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

All they could do now was wait, worry, and watch for TRIGON's car to reappear in the parking spot at a future date. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His heart rate sped up, a nervousness coursing through him, but when he saw how excitedly Javier was greeted, he figured that there wasn’t a need for him to worry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was even more worried about the baby inside Mom’s swollen belly than I was about her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He let Harper and Gully get at him. You know. In actuality, I am worried over my cousin, manin. Both of you, I’m worried over. This Harp and Gully thing—the East Side Squad.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“In my dream, I heard crying and I was so worried...” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I got back on the bike with him, I worried that we could roll backward, tumbling down the hill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I feel kind of bad for yelling at her, so I say, “Don’t worry about it. And thanks for sharing your snack—with all of us!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m way off. Probably because I’m worried about Virgil. I can’t seem to concentrate.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But there are things that make him worry, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s the least of our worries. We’ll find a way to get in touch with her when the time comes.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, when the cricket was finished, Mario said, “Goodbye,” and told him not to worry, and went off to the grocery store to see about his job. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But let’s not worry about stuff before it happens. Okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was so weak that she couldn’t lift her head an inch from the pillow, yet it was she who comforted him and told him not to worry, that she would take care of him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You keep asking for a chance to prove you’ve changed. If you have, you have nothing to worry about.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

People might say chickens couldn’t worry, but something sensitive in their bodies must know. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later Elizabeth, with worried wrinkles: in her forehead, asked Melanie if April really meant it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was burnt out long time ago. It’s you young ones got to worry.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I saw all the worry and grief leave her eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dr. Preston lifted my shirt his face got really worried and he lowered my shirt again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just doesn’t want to talk about it anymore—the more they do, the more his insides twist with distress and worry. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It made me feel boneless to meet his gaze straight on, but I wanted the truth from him even as I worried the intensity of his gaze would burn me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She gets up and says she’s got more important things to worry about than what I’m hoping for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bridge had always worried that it might be awful to kiss Sherm. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m worried because the mayor of our city is taking for himself the things that people need, and I’m afraid because any day our lights could go out forever. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned close to her mother’s ear and whispered, “I’ll be right back, Mama. Don’t worry.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I have been very worried in case that nasty cough of yours comes back.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Then its cool. Seriously. Don’t worry about me.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Keep him safe. He’s got such a temper. I’m worried he’ll do something stupid.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her older sister sat chewing her lip, a clear sign she was worrying again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mama’s medicine had done this, he was sure, but his worry was not what had happened between Master and Amala. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do not worry that we will take your father away from you.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You have nothing to worry about. You are completely safe here.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I was getting worried, honey. Was the bus late? Oh-—who’s this?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I worried a great deal at the time, but people are like plants. Some shoot up like weeds, and some are slow like fruit trees. In the end, the fruit trees are worth more.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want my mom to get worried again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Worry about the Omega'd swatted off worry about being in this house, but I still daredn't shout in case I woke the brother. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Up here, we don’t have to worry about those things.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wasn’t worried about her: she’d been gone this long before. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I say, “You know something? There is a worry of mine...” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

On every play he couldn’t help but worry that his nephew would do further damage to his knee, even though the brace did provide good protection. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worry that the surgeons won’t get it right and Erin will have to walk with a limp, or even worse. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to get worried about the color his face was turning. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Every day I come, same time. Don’t worry.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I know you probably worry about the number of undead out here in the East, but Baltimore County is the safest in all the country. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She was worried about the money, but she wished Betsy wouldn’t put it like that. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t wait until I have enough money to buy whatever the hell I want without worrying about every single penny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She could worry about that later in the day. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to worry my parents, but I knew that if I went home, I would see everything from their perspective. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I worry about food. I even dream about it.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I grabbed a sheet of paper and wrote down my worries anyway. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Those eyes that had witnessed so much horror softened with sincere worry. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now he worried that might not be enough. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the first sign that the flow of milk was slackening, they collapsed in exhaustion, not worried about lying in milk because their clothes and hair were already drenched. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I worried if there was another one the chill would get into Selhan’s muscles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“When you are young,” Mom said, “you only see how death affects the living. When you get older you worry about how your death will be greeted by those who are already dead.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And Dr. Howell was always honest with me, so I tried not to worry so much. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tata had been in Brooklyn more than fifteen years, and if her blood hadn’t thickened by then, I worried about how long it would take. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There are days his legs are so bad he can hardly walk at all and you can see Mrs. Hannon worries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Officials were worried about retaliation after the attack, and so we were given an opportunity to leave the country and start anew. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He worried about spilling, and so he picked up the glasses and held them close to his lap while he filled them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

During the scuffle in the rotunda, Inej had made sure that she was too focused on being choked to worry about being robbed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Ambitious my big fat foot. You don’t know what the course was—hairdressing. Not barbering—hairdressing—for women. Now maybe you see why I got worries.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women sat drawn and worried inside their huts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After stopping by a few taverns at random and not finding her, I walked back to the University, not knowing if I should be worried or irritated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it. You guys get away okay?” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kathy worried about his driving, especially when there were people worried about a coming storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“This is exactly what my parents were worried about,” Rawiya said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t have to worry about scholarships or stupid school counselors or just plain feelin’ useless. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I worry about who will take care of Geak if something happens to me.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so quiet he worried, not just in bed together, but all night, in their own beds, like this. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set aside his other worries and began to hurry through the evening’s last light to the homeplace, where the blind man would be waiting and would explain. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Under her hand, she could feel him dragging his thumb over the worry stone again and again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She looked up at me, her lips pursed with worry. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

You don't stop to measure when you're too busy worrying about how your breath smells. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Just like she would never waste her time worrying about the past. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like each time there was news, the announcer was more excited and worried about it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was the only one who used to be able to keep her calm, pulling her away from her worry spiral with just a look, comforting her in a way nothing else could. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for not coming these past few nights. I had a dreadful bout of nausea and couldn’t leave my den. I hope I didn’t cause you to worry.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She squeezed and squeezed me, like she was worried I would blow out the window if she didn’t hold on tight enough. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even in the dark I can see the worry on his face. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They needed the cash,” he tells Mami when she’s paying the bills and worries that there’s not enough in the bank to cover them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was impossible not to worry about reelection. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I hum and don’t worry about looking stupid. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since, she’s ranted about thieves, double- and triple-checking to make sure our doors are locked, worrying that someone will steal the truck, clutching her purse against her chest in crowded markets. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Resourceful girl, that one. Found her way back, told me the whole story. She’s worried sick, you know.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Eberhardt was in the den, reading at his desk, when Mrs. Eberhardt came to the door with a worried expression. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even worry about guards hearing him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When they discovered these errors, the saboteurs were angry that Kappe didn't seem worried about how easily the bills could be traced back to them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know it different from America here. That why you worry?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t think adults expect that anyone who is twelve years old and shouldn’t have any worries in this world could think about something like that, but I wonder about it all of the time. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was too sick with worry to notice I was safe. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you have is fine, Phil. I’m just worried about the pain—” Mom reaches out to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, and I shove her hand away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“In a way they do, but they’ve also got to live with it the rest of their lives. Can you imagine always worrying about getting caught? About someone finding out?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I worried for Valentine and hoped she was all right. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed almost as worried by Zeitoun’s incarceration as he had been by his disappearance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Nathan worried about how he was going to tell Pond and Darkness that they should find someone else—another Holy Being, and not a flawed chubby human—to go in his place. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the end of the week, though, even Grandpa was worried. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was so busy thinking about it that he didn’t even notice Mark and Linda standing in Grace’s driveway, their car parked out front, their faces full of worry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Grandpa talked things over with the social worker, because he was worried about how Adria and I would manage if things spun out of control again. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All the pain and grief and worry had left his face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some in town, most of them black, worried about what might happen to him if it somehow didn’t work out, what the incredible effect of that absence might be. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. van Daan told us his discoveries of the night before, and we were extremely worried. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The dress hangs in such a way that I don't have to lift the skirt when I walk, leaving me with one less thing to worry about. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They don’t wait for questions from Frank or worry from Byrd; they are gone. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because I had broken the rules and left the yard and I was worried about it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She worried that Leo would turn the wrong combination on the sphere and accidentally eject them all from the deck, or blow up the ship, or turn the Argo II into a giant toaster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, honey, it’s temporary. As soon as she’s done with the grant proposal, she’ll be home in the evenings again.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Theresa tried not to worry as she ushered the girls upstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you don’t worry about me. That is Marjorie’s job. Now, where is she? Is she sending money? She needs to send me a good lawyer and money. Is she coming to see me?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now, as they waited minute after long minute for a response, they began to worry the message hadn’t been understood. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m also worried that he’ll start to pick on me, too. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, after she realized I was the same age as her daughter, she started calling me “Boo,” and insisted I buy a cell phone because she worried about me driving the interstates alone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Stanton wanted to increase the number of suffragists, but she worried that most temperance workers had no real interest in women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The family was worried about Dessie, but what could you do when she would not admit there was anything wrong with her? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to spy on Maddie if he was worried about his future valedictorian status. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“One family’s more than enough to worry about.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Don’t think I’d ever noticed—so absorbed in my own fears and worries—but she was Paul’s second-in-command. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry, okay? We’ll put you somewhere safe and then all we’re going to do is try to talk to some people. Nothing else. Everything is going to be perfectly fine.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The meeting house smells of good things, so I push aside my worry that God will strike me down when I walk through the doors. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Yet his suspicion that he loved more deeply than she did nevertheless remained with him, and he worried about it perpetually. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Arm was seriously worried by Ear, who had passed out cold. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Philadelphia was long past worrying about where children ate their bread, and Eliza needed to sleep. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No worries, never mind. It’s not my business.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then we both hear it at the same time, this voice calling his name and sounding real worried. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I meant, Joseph. We were worried about you. I hope you realize your father and I have always wanted the best for you.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And after my session at the range, I began to worry that if I did fire, I would miss completely. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As happy as Candice was about finding new books and spending some time with her mom, she was also worried about her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But it was the pale yellow banners that worried the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His feathers had kept the world from having to gaze upon the ugly side of my face, and they had freed me from the constant worry of covering it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At first, I’m worried, but then I realize it’s highly unlikely that anything could be worse than what’s already happened. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried it’s the typical thing for an American to do over here.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sean could turn up there, too, but Finn needn’t have worried; the house was dark. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t worry anymore about people seeing me naked. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In her worry about Moving Day, in watching the tractor, the cat, and finally the rats, Mrs. Frisby had forgotten that she had set out originally to get some corn for supper. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d heard her speak since the junkyard, and I was worried about how bad she sounded, like somebody with the flu. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But I shake that thought from my mind, because tonight I don’t want to have any worries. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Fear foremost, and worry, punctuated by unprecedented explosions of joy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lupita said loudly, “No, I will not write that to her, Salvador. It would worry her that you live with a stranger. If you want to tell her, you must write her yourself.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t you worry about that,” Yossarian comforted him with a toneless snicker as the engines of the jeeps and ambulance fractured the drowsy silence and the vehicles in the rear began driving away backward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I squeezed his hand again, worried he was about to doom us to an eternity at Oak Hill Manor. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s too much commotion now. But don’t worry. I’m sure it can be fixed.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jack’s father had served in the army for two years and was clearly worried. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I already have to worry about making my speech sound street when I'm out, and making it sound proper when I'm home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hear a big voice on the phone say “Yea, verily, this is me, God. It’s all good, my man, and will be ultracool in the end. Don’t worry about it.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

His brow was furrowed, as if my sadness confused and worried him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My family was happy for them, though worried about how we were going to make ends meet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I’m taking them off here,” I say, leaving my shoes on the mat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, Cullen reached out and took the money, worried they would kill him if he didn't. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

It was a small car but I was still worried because I was even smaller. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I need not have worried about the former; no one in the audience or on the stage had paid the least attention to my jottings. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

With all this firepower, he says, there is no reason to worry. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to worry about my new friend. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think that is extramarkable and smart, and sometimes I think it is so sadful that peoples have to worry about invaders. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He looked down kindly and said, “Don’t worry. I am with you.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped worrying about all the bacteria and secretions in the water and learned to enjoy it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Guilt consumed him when he realized how he truly felt—he’d been relieved that Ben was dead, that he didn’t have to worry about facing him again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The pool was far enough from the house that I wasn’t worried about being found, but still near enough that I could hear their laughter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Obviously Rhonda and Number Two were worried the children might misjudge Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was even more worrying: she never missed an opportunity to get even. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But there had been no time to dwell on this worry. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Weren’t we, Dallas? We were just worried maybe you’d get lost or hurt out there.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I knew how very old she was, I worried that something would happen to her in the middle of the night, or when I was out during the day. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“How can I work if I’m to worry about you? You must remember that you have no father. I’m doing all I can.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They departed one by one, until a sole figure remained, a black father, who stood in front of me with his son, saying, “Don’t worry, your mother is coming soon.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just put that behind you. If you worry about it, it’s gonna screw you up. It’s history.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t usually do that, so don’t start worrying about that now. All you can truly control is committing yourself to practices and doing your best out there.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘But I wasn’t worrying about that. You have leave to walk over my land, if you have a mind, Mr. Peregrin. And you, Mr. Baggins — though I daresay you still like mushrooms.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As he listened to the startling news bulletins, he worried about the fate of his family. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

This was a whole new worry to me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about getting it wrong,” he encouraged. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Sophie. We were the best. They have to be fair!” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t spend my nights with her. Aside from last night, I’ve only visited her once, and she was less than warm, don’t worry.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I was worrying about you jumping up as high as you could and hitting me on the knee.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I get why you’re worried, but when you see it, well, it’s just crazy.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For the next couple of periods plus lunch, I sat around worrying about how much work I was going to have to make up and fuming about how Annette had known my secret all along. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No . . . my girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And yet he knew that it would come again—the darkness was full of demons crouching, waiting to worry him with their teeth again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, no problem, Khosrou. Don’t worry. I asked them if they had change for a hundred, and they laughed.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Not reporting a dead body is a violation of the health code, but I wouldn't worry about it. Is there anything else, Turtle?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she was ready to be given to the groom, she would pretend to cry, and we would stroke her hair and tell her not to worry. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me,” Daddy said, ignoring Mama completely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to kiss you. I’m hard at work here,” I teased. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I got caught in a trap once when I was a kid. How old is your brother?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She get the same wrinkle between her eyebrows when she worried, like her mama. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Would she hear about it from someone else and be worried? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never have to worry about taking the bus or being bullied or dealing with racism or losing my friends. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"They were supposed to disinfect in here weeks ago. Don't worry. The bedbugs are itchy, but you get used to it." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve been so worried about him, this boy I love, more worried than I knew until right this moment, staring up at the solar system. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Mundín says, “I don’t think a bullet can get through that coffin!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Momma started talking Southern- style when she got worried. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through the years that voice had been with me, whispering, wondering, worrying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even worried because the dude hasn’t seen me play. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some new charges had been filed against him and he was worried. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe in Hankow my mother would get well quickly so I wouldn’t have to worry about upsetting her. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried it might be too expensive, but he told me, “Dinner’s on me tonight.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They made their way to worried parents, usually at the hands of their children, who printed out and turned over the writings they hoped would help explain. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we entered the ghetto, he had told us, “Don’t worry. I’ll warn you if there is danger.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think your mother would agree to that, and besides, you need to go to school. But don’t worry. I have some ideas.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Neither said anything, but they were both worried that soon Regibald and his crew would be on their trail again. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Come on. It’ll be nice and safe on board. And there’s food, somewhere to rest. Don’t worry.You ... can trust me.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With a worried look on her face, she jerked out my shirt. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Somkit turned back to her, the worried look was gone from his face. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His worry was that the U.S. government might finally have caught up with him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t worry about what might have happened. All we can do is keep looking.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him came the twins, worried now for a while but full of unquenchable vitality. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The reason I did not is because I was not for one moment ever worried about it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so worried. But I’m proud of you. We all are.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Helmuth worries that his brothers will get lost, or worse, that they will have fun without him. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want her to think I’m worried about her at all. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Right,” said Bod, worried he had offended her, unsure what he should say to make anything better. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I see Ruby shiver a little, and I’m pretty sure she’s worrying about what it would be like if she got it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A little worry still lived inside me, but I knew we could handle anything that came our way. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You can come, but you have to behave. Mama needs the onions done. She’s already got enough to worry about. She doesn’t need this, too.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I’d been worried about how people would see it, I guess. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry about me. I’m not obsessed with producing strong genes.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even though we hadn’t eaten anything and we were worried about getting to Mexico and how Mei-li said Mong was sick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Something tugs at the back of my mind, a nagging little worry. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was also worried, like his friends in Los Angeles, that he was being impulsive and burning bridges without good reason. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was one other issue that no one could avoid discussing or worrying about. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Extra stuff. Maybe just an hour or two. Don’t worry about it.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He just smiled and said not to worry, but I felt really bad because I wasn’t lending a hand when it was my stuff they were breaking their backs carrying. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m too hungry to worry about my tainted soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She holds out one hand, and Alex looks down into her palm, the worried lines there, until the realization clicks. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The fever is mostly gone now and you should not worry. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Now eat up your breakfast, my sweet. Don’t worry—it won’t hurt you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Miltie,” she asked my father one day, “you bought for me the place next topapou'i” “Don’t worry, Ma. It’s a double plot.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he hammers and yells and says I’m a little brat, and he has enough to worry about already. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I asked, knowing it wasn’t punk to worry about Principal Rivera’s reaction, and feeling embarrassed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I worried that Ocean would lose everything he’d ever known—everything he’d been working toward since he was a kid—only to discover that, eh, I wasn’t even that great, in the end. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like having a girlfriend during the season—an extra worry. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have to worry about that yet, though, because we add those bits last. Ron turned, speechless, to Harry, who had another worry. “D’you realize how much we’re going to have to steal, Hermione? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Thanks to severe thunderstorms, I spent the whole flight gripping my seat, worrying that I was going to plummet to my death. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had seen him whittling, worrying blocks of pine with his curved carving knives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t worry, kid. I’m going to line the perimeter with alarms and snares. Plus, I’ll be watching over you the whole time with my baseball bat.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I can hear that. But don’t worry,” I say automatically. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“How can we still cheat? What do you mean, don’t worry?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You seem only a hundred or a hundred and fifty years old. Don’t worry, you’ll learn soon enough.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When George Dasch woke up in the swanky Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, he tried not to worry. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"The point is, Ricky will be so focused on what he's doing with his hands, that he won't worry about anything happening with his mouth. Understand?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"I've had plenty to worry about one time or other. I'm through worrying." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Cops? Don't worry. Tonight they're ordered to protect us. This meeting is of great political consequence!" he said, turning away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’re worried one of us will endanger the quest, maybe accidentally destroy the world?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I worried that many Americans wouldn’t see themselves reflected in me, or that they wouldn’t relate to my journey. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it. I’m used to it by now!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you have so much faith in me, Mami! Don’t worry, I will still love you when I am famous.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about the dishes,” he said, taking them from her hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever worry that a bridge might be too low? Do you encounter other bridges? Might your boat be too tall for a low one?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Leafie’s voice was light, but I saw worry behind her eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is pointless to worry about the possible malevolent intentions of an advanced civilization with whom we might make contact. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benton looked up at Rameel, who seemed worried and was holding an envelope addressed to him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The crowd at the Plaza would most likely be dressed up, and I worried that she might feel out of place in an outfit most people associate with hard manual labor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I had told him the truth about me and Dennis not really being married and he said, “Don’t worry. I’ll marry you and be quiet about it.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not hear the words, but I could hear the worry. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Although some Americans called for the government to make room for its share of Jewish refugees, many others worried about the jobs that the immigrants would take away from Americans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm more worried about the solar cells I probably rolled over. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It only says what we’ve always known and never had enough time to worry about, that we haven’t yet learned how to stay human when assembled in masses. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad Big Ma had stopped blaming Cecile and me for everything and was now worried about the hot, sticky air and when Pa would drive up “in that car of his.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I never had to worry about going to sleep late or waking up early in the mornings. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me not to worry about her and my sisters, to just do my own thing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Most of this grain is headed for factory farms and processing plants, so no one worries much about keeping it clean. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I still ain’t heard hide nor hair from Miss Hilly and I’m sick a the worry that’s always in my head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"He won't have to worry about a thing, Brother. Good night." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For three hours I listened to her worry about cake flavors. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to worry about, baby. It happens to every woman. It’s just human nature.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even to when worrying about what Mom and Dad thought was my biggest problem. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t worry about Cap from an academic standpoint,” he assured me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

My mom called Ermenio and let him know so he wouldn’t worry. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I spent the next mile in deep worry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I worried about my hair, he said, “You are beautiful with short hair, without any alterations to the way you were made.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s cool being as loud as we want, with no Antwan to worry about, and no Charlie whining about not getting a turn. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I thought of my mother, waiting patiently for me to arrive, worrying about her only daughter, perhaps her only surviving family member. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why it is, but something ’bout that basket don’t worry the fish too much and I can toss it in over and over and not scare ’em atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I worry a lot that he’s trying to get back to New York by boat. That’s got to be really dangerous with the tides and the tsunamis.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And she didn't seem the least bit worried about it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I got a scholarship so Uhmma doesn’t have to worry about paying for college. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“That’s no worry, young man. No worry at all. Is something wrong with your car?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Termite started barking like mad, and I looked out the window, worried that dogcatchers were coming. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is everybody worried about my affair? I can handle it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a little before eleven o’clock by this time and Faith was worried. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Truman told Oppenheimer as they shook hands. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for coming over today. I know it was a lot of people, I was worried you’d be flooded.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Baby Kochamma and Mammachi thought that they might have gone down to the river for a swim, which was worrying because it had rained heavily the previous day and a good part of the night. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper tried to stay positive, but privately she had told Leo how worried she was. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But I can’t help but worry sometimes, and there’s no telling Worry what to do. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’s just going to keep doing that, and I’m worried someone’s going to notice that he’s being weird. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I suppose that’s why he got so worried after the war ended when all the telephones went off. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was no one to confide in about him at the end of a difficult day, or to share a passing thought or a worry. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the last bell rang, Miss K hurried into the room with a worried look on her face. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I ask myself what kind of person I am, worrying about missing out on a lousy piece of cake. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s worry about that later,” Ear said in exasperation, but Arm had nodded off again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I cry easy, don't you worry about it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, we’ll take good care of your sister when it’s her turn.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I worry about lunch, when we’ll see the rest of the team without the close supervision of teachers, but we’re called down to guidance and separated just before it’s time to eat. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, no worries, Arthur, and I’m super madly up for a do-over, too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Good dog then, lie down, don’t worry me any more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why you’re worried, Oliver, Hufflepuff is a pushover. Last time we played them, Harry caught the Snitch in about five minutes, remember?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Doctor Orangehair, probably better known as Dr. McFall, was used to irate or worried relatives, and was not intimidated by Aunt Queen’s dramatic entrance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined what her mother would say to her, showing up at a place like this wearing a spire-fighting uniform, but it was too late to worry about that now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You called the hospice? You talked to a grief counselor? Jesus. Don’t you have the lake to worry about?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to worry about in that way. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I dust off my skinned knee, and I’m too angry to worry about Bernard being so much bigger than me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One day I was overflowing with all these worries, hoping our neighbor, Mrs. Williams, would build a bomb shelter because they had lots more money than we did. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I went over to the Object and said, “Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His body seems relaxed, like the kingdom is already his, but the expression on his face...it’s full of worry, and concern he’s trying to hide. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t worry that I blow off Jude that night and every single night that follows. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So, feeling worried and quite depressed, I took my milk can and my sack and walked to the house, going the long way around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you everything—don’t worry. I need your help, in fact.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

When you go shopping alone at a nice store, do you worry that you will be followed or harassed? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This worried him, as he knew that when Lion came for his drink the next day he would be very angry. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“At least if you had Tourette’s,” the completely monotone, expressionless girl sitting across from me said, “you wouldn’t have to worry about slapping yourself in the face all the time like I do.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We can’t worry about that. We have bigger problems, competing with other countries for ships.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, it was Thalia and me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She got up, and he worried that she might try to kiss his forehead or something. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But even though it worries me, I think what he did was amazing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tía Laura scolds, but even her scolding voice has nothing but worry in it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I say to Mom, “Sorry we worried everyone. Violet’s home and she’s safe, and I’m going to my room.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She felt jumpy—anxious for the night, hopeful that no fiery disturbances would mar the darkness this time, and worried that her mother would find out she’d gotten in trouble at school. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The constant worry ct a hole in my belly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The senator frowned and looked worried, and I felt sorry for him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids are like that, why worry? Someday she’ll grow up, someday our friendly local Gestapo will make her apologize—” “We all should live so long,” Bud groaned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or perhaps, to confess that you yourself are worried and frightened? You need your friends, Harry. As you so rightly said, Sirius would not have wanted you to shut yourself away.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry, though. He won’t find anything to lead him to you. You just have to stay there and wait till we find him again.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think your mom was worried it would get lost.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Uncle Fan would not listen to foreign radio broadcasts or worry about psychological pressure. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked deeply into the Greek’s dark eyes and he saw disbelief and amusement and then as he stared the Greek’s eyes grew troubled and then worried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked in loud, worried whispers while they cut off what was left of my fancy pink dress with a pair of shiny scissors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly worried that my father was going to wreck his car on the icy roads. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I regarded this worry as entirely my own, and of course did not intend to say anything to Mr. Loomis about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two children on bicycles pedaled past quickly, rushing toward something, probably worried about being late for their required volunteer hours. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ben looks at me, worry in his Noise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I might as well admit that I’m a little worried about our old school chum. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you still worrying about that book? About the kids, and seeing themselves land in the broccoli?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And then, just when I thought that I might jump out of my skin from worry, the fire door opened. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was just a great big roofed room and it belonged to a worried gentleman named Horace Abbeville. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had once overheard Big Ma telling Pa he need not worry about her remarrying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A little belatedly, I started to worry over where it might land. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A worry that's been in my head finds its way out of my mouth. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Timothy, you must not worry about it. That will only make you worse.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor Mamá. She must be worried sick about us.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you keep bleeding, but don’t worry. You take break now.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m only saying this so she won’t worry, but I don't know if I believe it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were size limits—it couldn’t be too tall—but Anya was never worried about those, because she was certain she wasn’t capable of making one too high. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

No one worries about where the sweetness comes from. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“They will be worried. The journey to Epirus still holds many perils.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But why did he tell me not to worry? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

After a while I relaxed and stopped worrying so much about what to say and do. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suck in a deep breath and continue on: In the studio, I don’t have to worry about anything else that’s happening in my life, or in the world around me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Mr. D. My max is about twelve bowls of spaghetti.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His greatest reservation was a worry about the loud noise which the fall must create and which presumably would arouse, if not fright, then at least concern on the other side of all the doors. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll open them for Bodega, don’t worry. He like gives them crazy cash. It’s a waste of money if you ask me, kid.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And even though the birthdates corresponded to only one danger, my mother worried about them all. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of human suffering comes from our emotions—fear, shame, worry, or regret. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see anything beyond the glow of my lantern, but I wasn’t worried. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they wouldn’t have to worry about another body, my useless body, to fill with water and food anymore. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

No one in the Asher family could possibly understand what it was like to still be searching, to constantly worry that you might be Fair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Ay, you’re so solemn! I must have scared you. Don’t worry, it’s nothing. Just a nuisance you learn to live with. Every woman does.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the back of his head and gave me a worried smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was still so raw from the fallout after coming out to my parents, and I was starting to worry that I was only there because I was running away.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I walked very slowly to the bedroom, feeling Alice’s worried stare on my back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then, he didn’t worry about a partner. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fifth-grade history we had spent a lot of time worrying about the flooded river deltas of the ancient world. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was worried for her, much more than he wanted to admit. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t take long for the feeling to pass, for the worry to creep back in, for me to remember that I was the fifty-thousand-dollar kid and I didn’t belong. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure the boys got off, but you can’t tell me the next peckerwood who’s got lynching on his mind isn’t going to worry just a little that he might end up in a courtroom.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups, their hands shading their eyes, are looking at the sky, worried. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My stomach churned with the worry, the heat, the uncertainty. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s endearing that he’s worried about me, but enough is enough. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And it was true: I could have been, which is always what worried Mami and Papi, too, especially after what happened at the middle school that I was zoned for. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve never been away from home overnight. My mother would worry.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was very worried and she went with her brother to speak to their father. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Same place as last time. It’s moving slowly, though, and veering east a bit. The cottage will probably be fine, unless the wind changes. Still, I’m worried sick about the folks over that way...” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ng confides his worries about his ancestors. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She’d sent us to a different country by ourselves, but she was worried about my wearing makeup? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That didn’t especially surprise me, but when passengers started loading, I began to get worried. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging upside down to the ceiling, she settled down for a nap, leaving Wilbur very much worried. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“We would be eternally miserable if our errors worried us too much, because as we push forward, we will make plenty more.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After six months of worrying like crazy...could this be how to find him? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At each corner I made ten knots and still I worried that the oars would come apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's why she didn't worry about having so many kids. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You know how long I been driving around looking for you, Bri? You had us worried sick.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

For ten days after that Ishmael worked—odd jobs and stray chores, weeding and window washing—and worried about Hatsue Imada. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ben smiled and said, “Don’t worry about the last one. He’s too curious for a merchant.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mollie was worried about how she'd react when she walked through the same room where her father had been shot. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Washington spent the day at home in a small, stuffy office seeing visitors, writing letters, and worrying. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

More important still I did not want to worry Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have been flooded with shame or worry or guilt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I want to ask about the hospital, but I’m worried if I ask anything he’ll go quiet and disappear, so instead I write: How should we celebrate? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They worry that if a person gets upset or becomes violent, being uncuffed will make him or her harder to subdue. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My mother worried about them almost as much as she had when they were at war, but she said nothing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have to give a moment’s thought to all this suffering if it weren’t for the fact that we’re so worried about those we hold dear, whom we can no longer help. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She has enough to worry about with me as it is. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the only country in the world,” said Wednesday, into the stillness, “that worries about what it is.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

This past summer when it was just Audrey and me, I didn’t have to worry about keeping the peace between them. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But there was only endless talk that led nowhere and I began to keep away from home as much as possible, preferring the simplicity of the streets to the worried, futile talk at home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember how worried you were when we dropped you off?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Brits could not look at the Germans without remembering the last war and worrying about a future one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There he still was, and she beheld again the transformation from worry to relief. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Time and worry would be expended before she was found. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It smells terrible in here. I’m starting to get worried. How can you live like this?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"And don't worry about the bits you can't understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And because of that ridiculousness, I have to leave at four-oh-ten and worry about Miss Hilly for the entire night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was no chance to warn Bailey that he was dangerously late, that everybody had been worried and that he should create a good lie or, better, a great one. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My doctor says not to worry about it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It took a long time, but I stopped worrying so much about getting rid of the white people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She shot a worried glance down to the bottom of the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

That should make me happy, but instead I feel really weird and worried, and Grim, who still thinks he knows everything, says I just have to get used to the idea. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Impassive, without even worrying about making a show of his recent bravery, he listened to the interminable charges of the accusation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Anyway it’ll give her something to sure enough worry over now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unspoken things have arisen between Helene and me, things that have to do with how I feel when I see her bare skin and her awkwardness when I tell her I worry for her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t worry if I were you,” Rick said as the two Rosens led him down a highly illuminated wide corridor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hitler knew this might ignite a much wider war, but he was not worried about taking the blame. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can eat haphazardly now, snack on junk food and takeouts without worrying about balanced meals, go to bed when I like, let my dirty laundry rot, neglect the dishes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s lost her dad, and she also has to worry about her daughter’s depression again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I can’t go back empty-handed. “I worry about dying along the way. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Mom had said, laughing and pretending to try to catch his tongue before he yanked it back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas Hobbes had worried about a state of nature that was “poor, nasty, brutish and short”; Galton was concerned about a future state overrun by genetic inferiors: poor, nasty, British—and short. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She sounds so serious, I worry that this was a bad idea. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

That was what worried me—that he was sinking into something that not even our breakthrough could pull him out of. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Edith had relatives in New Jersey, and she was worried about their safety. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We pull up to Greendale Middle School, which is no longer intimidating like the beginning of last year, when I worried about getting lost in the halls or forgetting my locker combination. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Because five minutes ago, Genie hadn’t been worried about staying. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve got to stop this childish worrying about myself—my past and my future. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only I was worrying about the wrong things. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Manchee barks, worry there, no doubt from seeing who knows what in my Noise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” I said, “do you worry about whether I’m good or not?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I close the door, I worry that he’s pressing himself too hard, and just that little bit of concern is enough to make me realize that I’m in a heap of trouble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When we arrived there, we suddenly became worried. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But their desire to be rid of Manzanar outweighed that worry. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles a little, but the smile doesn’t spread to his eyes, which look tense and worried. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me and the dress code.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t come home from school, her mother didn’t worry; she thought the child had stopped somewhere to play. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worry he will say he wants to go inside the crumbledown. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you know,” he said, “why I’m all the time worrying about you—why I’m all the time miserable when I look at you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m worried there will be someone at the door, but the party’s already spiraled into its own form of chaos. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone started talking all at once, people worrying about whether they had to leave town. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At least there were no gears to worry about. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

As Baachan headed out of the office, Hanako felt a pang of worry over how bad her Japanese reading and writing were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“All parent like to worry, but your baachan and me special because we worry all time. We never stop! He cry, we worry. He don’t cry, we worry. So you see?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was only six years old and I was worried. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if it doesn’t?” he added, also worried they’d be hanging out outside all night. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Are you worried about what might happen to him yet?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But I think these are things we have to do separately. I’m glad I’ll get to be with Caleb before ... you know. It’ll be nice not having to worry about you at the same time.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“No. I knew she was worried,” he said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” his father said at the same time. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hazel had hoped the other two guards would come too, but she’d have to worry about that later. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I was just making sure it worked. In case you were worried.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was tired of being scared and worried all the time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even those who knew they were eligible to register worried that registering to vote would somehow attract attention to them—perhaps land them back in jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You have enough to worry about. This is unrelated to your task; you must focus on that. Let me take care of this. Teamwork, okay?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm not worried about how I'll stand it. I'm only afraid I may be bored," Cohn said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was little need to worry about the wall guards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to worry ’bout him no more. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have a radio, and if any trouble develops we can have a plane there in three or four hours. Please don’t worry.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

For a split second, it displaced the look of all-around wear and, plainly, specific worry that had been on her face since she entered the bathroom. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

By the time they exited the freeway, though, Joaquin started to worry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Somewhere along the way, my normally laid-back brother started to sprout worries. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a while I worried that Viking 1 had been condemned, like the legendary Flying Dutchman, to wander the skies of Mars forever, never to find safe haven. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not keep from telling him my worries. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

At least there he wouldn’t have to steal food and worry about the clocks breaking down. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I could not see Jenner’s face in the dark of the cage, but I knew from his voice that he was worrying. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She worried constantly that the children might have inherited the Nolan love of drink. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Seal was very worried!'' he cried. Sarah put her arms around him, and he wailed into her dress. "And the house is too small, we thought! Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should just go back to our house. Through the secret room. We probably still have time to pet Rocket a little before Ms. Morales gets worried about us.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But we had no time to gape, for I did not know where our enemy was—and indeed, I was right to worry. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His temperature was slightly elevated, especially late in the day, though the doctors thought it was nothing to worry about. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma seemed worried, too, because after the phone call, she went out and bought a copy of the Guardian although she never bought newspapers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some little difficulty, it seemed, a husband who was worried about his wife's health and wanted a report on it without her being alarmed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“It costs you nothing to tell her not to worry, that it’s okay,” Dri said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I’m not, like, mad at you about it. But you don’t see things the same way I do sometimes. You don’t have to.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have helped draw it out for as long as I did if I wasn’t worried about the subject returning to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They looked worried, maybe because she was here and shouting for them! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry about what I've done. Worry about what you want to do. If you stick with me, I can get you there." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As long as it's like this, maybe I don't have to worry. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I worried I might puke, actually, because I often puked after eating. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I lock the door behind me, tired, aching, worried, and frightened, Max and Siunek are milling around the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And Burger was worried that the Gestapo had infiltrated the New York office of the FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“He said he was worried about you. He said you got upset during class and ran out without a word.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"No, no fight. I'm just . . . worried about her. And you know I can't call her house." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

At least with her back to the elevator car, she didn’t have to worry about attacks from behind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What worried her was the possibility that if she became ill, she would not be allowed to travel abroad. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Worsley were worried about damaging the boats as they knocked their way across the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Popper worried a little, at the start, over the idea of having Janie and Bill miss ten weeks of school while they were on the road, though the children did not seem to mind. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last year, while Percy had been missing, the gray streaks had finally disappeared from both of them, which made Annabeth sad and a little worried. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But that fact seemed to be the very thing they were worried about, because when Will spoke, there was a soft gasp from the living people, and even the figures outside shrank away a little. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Okay, but sometimes, though, I did get worried that she was too smart for me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’s like my father and drinks the dole itself and that’s why Nora Molloy is often carted off to the lunatic asylum demented with worry over her hungry famishing family. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If this scheme worked he wouldn’t have to worry about walls anymore. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No one would speak to her kindly anymore or worry about her welfare. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, baby,” Momma says, but her voice is tight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Chou, Kim’s really late tonight. I’m worried about him,” I say to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time, though, he had other things to worry about. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baransky beams at us, waving goodbye as she reassures Mom—once again—that the house isn’t a mess, the pillows aren’t a big deal, don’t worry so much. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The arms were not only Gargantuan and totally obedient and surprisingly quick, but they were also, and this is why he never worried, tireless. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good,” she said, “because I was a little bit worried this morning when you came out with your shirt on backward and then stuck your cereal in the microwave.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning she climbed from the Buick outside Hopkins again, telling Day and the children not to worry. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“No worry about that, sir,” the constable said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We walked with you to the balloon stand, though I worried about whether buying a balloon was really such a good idea. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So I began worrying about where I could learn how to solve X-ray diffraction pictures. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“His suffering is over, son. It’s all over for Pete. You don’t need to worry for him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to hold on to that, and use it to combat my worries. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really say much about anything else, but he sounded pretty worried too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“First, I have to find us a nicer place to live, but I’m getting my act together. Anyway, we won’t have to worry about Dusty anymore.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Your eyes sparkled, too, and the light inside them pierced through my fog of worry. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was worried that if I moved my head too hard, I might knock some tears loose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And she said not to worry because he won’t hit her again. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m worrying about Helena and how she will get along by herself all day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Unless more Langley women volunteered to make the move, the members of the branch worried that their new office “was going to be badly understaffed” just as the workload skyrocketed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There is only the boy to worry, of course. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried about my mom, but wartime Congo was the opposite of fairy tales: The wilderness was the safe place, not the town, because hiding was the only way to survive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She got on fine, but I worried about poor Henri, left all alone. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In 1983, I was a twenty-three-year-old student at Harvard Law School working in Georgia on an internship, eager and inexperienced and worried that I was in over my head. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

More than that, she was worried that his interest in chess was becoming obsessive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had called Iraq a “third-world country,” had worried that the student would “bomb us” if she ever returned to Iraq. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine it’s easy. You know, asking that question or having to worry about it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Newton was very worried by this lack of absolute position, or absolute space, as it was called, because it did not accord with his idea of an absolute God. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city authorities and the Federal Aviation Agency were immediately besieged by calls from worried citizens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

To those watching by the first line of cabins Blake’s face distorted in surprise and worry, that of a man stumbling into a kingdom of hornets. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The police are worried he might come back here.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was one of Ben’s many nervous mannerisms that worried Lillian. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But surely, Mrs. Phillips, you must know where your own son is. You don't seem worried at all." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Frankie would finally understand what it was like to have someone twist you up inside and make you worry about who you were and whether there was something wrong with you. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Then I’d say you don’t need to worry. You don’t got a fire. Just a bunch of smoke.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta said, “Don’t worry, Ma Charles. I didn’t believe the part about you chasing her husband out of town.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about his trial,” the president instructed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I worry that high school will be the best part of his life. I don’t want that to be the case,” Volpe says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I feel triumphant, and worried at the same time, because my dad keeps a tally of slights. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s no sense worrying, I suppose,” Kvothe said at last, looking up and motioning to Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They best be gettin’ back up here 'fore dark,” she said, scanning the sky, worry crossing her face. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the happiness of having a job did not keep another worry from rising to plague me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now without him there, I could really just relax and not worry about anything. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My head was full of everything that had transpired in court: I was replaying what witnesses had said and worrying about whether things had gone exactly right. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I know about your family. That story about your great-grandfather? He didn’t really destroy the camp. Now, what an interesting group. Are you hungry?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I guess it was getting to me, listening to everyone’s worries. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I worried that she wouldn’t. It meant leaving so much behind. But Matty convinced her. Good for him.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry that he’ll freak out or anything,” she says. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry about that, James, I got plenty of blood for you." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her about how worried I’d been and how we were hungry sometimes and how afraid I was about what might come next. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Be a good manager and there is no need to worry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I, um, thought I heard something up here, and I didn’t want Mrs. Caruthers to worry,” she said, too fast. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Not my mother or Prim, obviously; they’d only become sick with worry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not worried. Just wish I had somebody else to write to, that’s all.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea makes me laugh, and somehow that gets me off worrying myself to death. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I can imagine how worried you were when you got a call from the police,” Mom said to Señora Oralia, ignoring the fact that Mrs. Hidalgo had done the coolest thing ever. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Cora shuddered and he whispered, “I know you were worried. I didn’t feel like mixing with folks tonight, reckoned I’d wait here.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had been friends with Janie since the third grade, so she had never worried about who to eat with, or where she would sit. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Hearing the normally brash pint-size peashooter so worried made me realize just how much trouble we were in. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They had not come for Christmas and my mother was sad and worried. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you asked the butcher himself, he’d say, “Don’t worry about that,” because he was the kind of person who hated gossip and just wanted to work. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He would have to worry about it later. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For the moment, at least, she had stopped worrying altogether, for she was soundly and deeply asleep. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

His was the lone voice telling me to just go for it, to erase the worries and go toward whatever I thought would make me happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s because the North Koreans took all our food,” Eunjoo said in a worried tone. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the luxury of worrying about my reputation as a potential cool kid. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The flat glassiness in his eyes, the slump to his shoulders, worried her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had no roof or walls to keep us safe, and that probably should have worried me more, but you seemed content. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She reaches over and turns down the volume, which is annoying but also parental, and it feels good to have her be annoying instead of worried and sad. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even as he said it, Harry remembered that his father had been pure-blood, but he pushed the thought out of his mind; he would worry about that later... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I say this even though Miss Celia getting her feelings hurt is the least of my worries right now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But please, take your time. Don’t worry about me, all alone out here in the cold, wet fog.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At first Nick was amused that I wouldn’t see a doctor, but as the illness progressed his amusement turned to worry, then confusion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes. I don’t think they ever caught it, though. That worried me a little.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Pinmei began to shake her head in protest, but the woman’s eyes were weighted with so much worry that Pinmei found her own heart pale. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Every time I turn around, I see their worried eyes, and the looks they give each other, and there’s something else—anger. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She says, “Okay,” even though her eyes look worried. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my husband and myself worried ourselves nearly to death. Of course, once we emigrated that worry vanished, fortunately forever.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The two beamed at me, though Miss Sarah’s eyes flicked back to her partner with worry every so often. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I’m worried that he thinks he’s done a bad job, so I tell him: “It’s okay. You’ve been really helpful.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t worry, the driver says, la migra check only the buses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

After going this long, I worried that even something as simple as burned okra might send her over the edge. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see it in the worried glances he gave the sun as it moved across the sky, in the anxious way he appraised every length of pipe or cut of steel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I sneak a look over, she’s still got her worried eyes on that window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t worry about that. He’s under control.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

All day and night she worried time like a bone. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I don’ know, Harry,” Hagrid sighed suddenly, looking back down at him with a worried expression on his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Mom doesn’t want to have to worry about you and Evan right now, Ivy. Just stay here, okay? And don’t wake him up.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And his mother and grandmother did their share of worrying about him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I send it to the woman in seat 5A who is worried about something. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

If she truly explained her worries about the changing sky, the snake—if she told him that she feared she’d broken the island...that the sky might actually fall, like in the rhyme? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, it happens to a lot of people. It tends to be related to stress. Breathe for me, Craig.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I tried not to be annoyed at myself for worrying about something so unimportant. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t shake her worry that Mr. Griswold might not recover and that she could lose not only Mr. Griswold, but Book Scavenger, too. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s even possible I began to realise, right back then, the nature of her worries and frustrations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he doesn’t have to worry, I’m not. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Timothy was down below, taking a nap, and had not been told about the expedition lest he worry and blame himself for the risk his mother must take. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wishes Ma didn’t have to see her like this, worrying about how she appears to Ma during her last visit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know how a wife would worry. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I've got diabetes, high blood pressure, a hyperactive thyroid, and poor circulation in my legs. And she’s worried about a little caffeine.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying at first, but at least there was hardly any traffic on the river to worry about. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Do you think, if they knew we were here, they would be worrying about avoiding a fight?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What he want to worry about luck for? The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weston frowned, “When did you decide this? He’s been with Gloria two years now and I haven’t seen you worry till now.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say after a long pause, “you let me worry about that. We’re in this together, whether you like it or not.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, I wouldn’t worry none. It be a miracle if it live.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrews and many others have argued that this makes scientists less likely to share samples and results, which slows research; they also worry that it interferes with health-care delivery. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My dad is just worried because this place isn’t what we thought it was,” she said, and she sat forward, her elbows on her knees, her hands under her chin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I keep worrying that Mom will have one of her rare but overly thorough cleaning sprees and toss out everything under the bathroom sink.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

To the left was the high hill, Cemetery Hill, that Ewell had failed to take the day before, the hill that had worried Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you don’t have to worry about water, either. It fills itself.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We can worry about the other stuff later. If I give you a letter, can you keep it a secret from everyone? Especially Tom?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the flicker of hope that lifted their spirits, they were still worried that not everyone was going to make it out alive, especially Roosevelt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Gideon never locks his door,” the Duchess says, worry making her bruised face look even more tragic. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here? How did you get to the Underland?” asked his dad, suddenly sounding worried. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean it, sir. Please don't worry about me." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t she worry people will think she’s trying to start some trouble? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we could rent the spaces, but then we’d have to worry about finding businesses and what kind of businesses should be allowed to rent here.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I told myself not to worry about Malka-e-Noor and instead to work hard. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, my friend,” Luna heard the man say. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet, Ivy worried she’d asked the wrong question. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I told myself that I wouldn’t want to live in such an unpleasantly cold country, where I would always have to worry about my nose, ears, and face falling off. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to worry about anything. I’ll wear a rubber, you don’t have to worry about pregnant.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

What I was worried about was if I would ever wake up when the fight was over. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They almost cover the length of it, and I worry that we will have a test or have to write about our favorite. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He became still and quiet and suddenly looked very worried. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’d be easier with us and I’d worry less,” she said gently, “if you didn’t remind me so much of myself, Jude.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you girls ever let her know I told you. She wouldn’t want you to worry. What a dear she is!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not worried about Anna, I can see that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though nobody was admitting it, I knew deep inside we were all still worried about the chupacabras. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He knew he wouldn’t sleep well anyway, since he’d be worried the alarm wouldn’t go off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You know, are you worried that Ben was in the cold water so long he’ll have some kind of permanent brain damage or something?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was worried about what to do when my nightmares and migraines took hold of me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Lots of times. Nothing to worry about. You just duck under a desk or stand in a doorway until the shaking stops.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And when Luke needed money to pay the electric bill last year, after days calling it “camping” so the twins wouldn’t worry, Coach paid it without question. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you criticize the government, do you worry that you might be seen as a cultural outsider? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then one day he told me that my husband would not recover until he stopped worrying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma is always telling me never to worry about boys and to spend my time worrying about myself instead. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I'm worried that I didn't react properly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was so scared that my knees were shaking, but don’t worry about us. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I go cook now. I fry carrot in bacon grease! Taste good! Not worry. I will cook, and after dinner, I will make straw sandal for Hana. Not to worry!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was probably even worried that he could be kicked out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She finally said, “No, Bud, I don’t think you have to worry about that, she’s gone.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it, Percy. The campers here, they’re mosdy good people. After all, were extended family, right? We take care of each other.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t worry about Brady. Nothing is going to happen to your son.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Losing her beloved treasure, as she thought of Annie, Emma worried about what else could and would happen to those she loved; nobody, nothing was safe. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prince was quiet for so long after my question that I worried I’d offended him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long way now to the little house at 432 Proudfoot Avenue, where the Poppers had had to worry about whether their money would hold out until spring. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I told myself as I arranged the worry dolls under my pillow that night. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Apparently the stranger was not worried by the news that they meant to stay. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute, it worried me that he seemed so uncomfortable, maybe he was up to something. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let his mind drift, wondering what his father was planning, and why Pima looked so worried, and what was going on behind Lucky Girl’s swank eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She included him in her worry, after all, as if Madu was their friend and not just hers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Do not worry,” said Siddhartha, "he is here.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and head back to the stream, feeling somehow worried. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me. I’m so thoroughly pickled, I won’t feel a thing.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no fear or worry in his face. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, ladies and gentlemen, the elevator hardly ever breaks.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Police officers get into a long line, facing off against the protesters, but the officers have shields in front of them like they’re worried that the protesters might hurt them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The boatman had been alive with lice, which had disgusted the other villagers but seemed not to worry Crocodile Guts at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been too dark for too long, and my gut ached from the hours of worrying. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Frodo was waiting on the step, smiling, but looking rather tired and worried. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to add to her worries—or have her add bacon to the list of things to talk about at her stupid meeting the next week. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I’m okay, my head is okay, no one needs to cry for me or worry about me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, my son will find a good woman and he will not send you away after he marries.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So the fact that he made it home alive made her happy but also worried her because she knew, or at least she thought she knew, what he had done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He furrows his brow, and when he looks at me, his green eyes tighten with worry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Don't worry about it, man. I understand. I got my hands full already, you know?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“If you wanna run, just say the word,” Seven said, guessing Thorn might be worried about seeing witches from her old town, but Thorn just shook her head no. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I ask it, I suddenly can see that my mom looks worried and tired, and I try to imagine what would be happening right now if it was me and not Finch who’d disappeared. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Really, there’s nothing to worry about,” he said, shaking out the match. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I loved them and all, I guess, but maybe it was having no money, or maybe it was Cholly, but they sure worried the life out of me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had no room in his head to worry about anything except the match tomorrow. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps giving Wilcox back his wallet had been idiotic, but at least now I could stop worrying about whether I should or not. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” I tell her, then shake my head. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Lucy. I won’t let them touch you,” he whispered. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone tells me not to worry about it, but I do worry about it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When Renzo had said goodbye to the mastiffs, they had wagged their tails so feebly that he looked quite worried as he boarded Barbarossa’s boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted sour now—he realized he was worried about the girl. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t worry so much,” May said, rocking the baby. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As she washed and mended, she only ever heard them say, “Don’t worry, Aziz joon. Soon you will come of age and claim the khan’s inheritance.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you’re up to,” he said, “but I’m worried.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held her, stroked her hair, and with moist eyes assured her that she had nothing to worry about, certainly he would marry her, as he long had promised. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I could spend the whole day horseback riding, sleep anywhere, and eat anything I felt like without having to worry about my bladder, my liver, or any of the other organs people talk about incessantly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the term crazy arrives at us with none of the terror and worry you live with. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I worried it might seem like the desperate elaboration of a child caught in a lie. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I guess so... she’s probably worried out of her mind. Does your mom get to see you much?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Helene—” "Don't worry about it” She shrugs, her tone falsely light. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That is what he was worried about, and still is. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Grandpa. Even at the end, you were worrying about Grandma.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As we started off, I told my brother I was worried about the heat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to leave Kathy alone, but the pacing was worrying the kids. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She was worried about Mom a lot, and the twins ended up coming early anyway. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She did not know he was deeply worried. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And Constance’s dreams could be no less troubled—she had more to worry about than anyone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They start shooting only when the bombs run out, nothing to worry about now,” the airport manager said airily, already on his way out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was actually sort of jealous that he could cry like that and didn’t have to worry about making things worse for everyone else. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her chances of being chosen so remote that I'd not even bothered to worry about her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was the same worry Fadi had been carrying with him since Ike and Felix had caught him in the hallway and called him a towel head. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She was the one they were worried about! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben said, “We’re worried about our father, sir. If he finds out we’re suspended I could tell him I had a fistfight with Judas Iscariot and it wouldn’t make any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever he said, it didn’t sound like he was the least bit worried by my father’s threat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Charles had been worried about the eye two summers earlier when he wrote that pencil draft. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad nodded in agreement, unable to hide the worry on his face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I was just worried you’d get your feelings hurt if you didn’t make the cut.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach hurt for a whole bunch of days worrying about it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay?” she asks with worry in her eyes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But when I walked onto the stage, all of my worries flew from my mind. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m worried her little fingers will get crushed and scoop her into my arms, quickly sitting her on the bench next to me before she starts to wail. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Because why is his inside face so worried? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mom was already worried about the twins and the house, and Ivy didn’t want Layla fussing over her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thoroughly worried, I went back to my desk hoping that some gimmick might emerge to salvage the like-with-like idea. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Hideo comes striding in, his face a mask of anger and worry. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I have no plans to steal your bed. I’m just visiting.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Many of the Jews were also worried about being accepted in Southern schools, and rumors of quotas for Jews in some other schools were also a worry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t that bad. Don’t worry about old me.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then again, I don't have to worry about sweaty palms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach unknotted a little bit—because I had been worried. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You don't need to worry about it,” she said quietly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She looks tired and worried and not like my mom at all. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

What had they all been so worried about? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom and Dad are on the left, so you shouldn’t have to worry about them.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just try and keep you alive until Tuesday evening,” she said desperately, “and then we can worry about Karkaroff.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I will,” she promised, hoping it was true. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” reassured Kid Sampson, still wrapped in the heavy blankets and raincoat in which he had been swaddled on the boat by his rescuers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But now, with the temperature rising to the nineties at midday, I worry that it’ll cook in the trunk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the first note comes out of my mouth, though, I worry. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But there were new worries, because there was new hope, and desire, and...and love, and those were neither familiar nor dull. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mama, he didn’t worry about folks thinking bad of him, but he always made sure they thought well of him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She worries about a new ache in her hip. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could tell she was really worried and dying to find out what else I knew. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I guess all fishermen worry about one bad day rolling into a whole bunch of them. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder if maybe he’s been worried about Mami all day. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It is a lot to believe. Jason is coming back with a bunch of Greek demigods? You say they’re going to appear in the sky in a heavily armed warship, but we shouldn’t be worried.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and let the sound of her voice wash over me, but the heartbeat of worry in my chest wouldn’t subside. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think about it. Throw it away. You’re worrying too much— I know, I know, we all are, there’s so much to worry about, but we mustn’t let it unsettle us.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother said that was fine if it was what I really wanted to do, but they were worried about how I would make a living. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was worried about the decreasing food supply. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Mom must have noticed how worried I looked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

All my worries about how to pay for my care and where my family would stay were lifted. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Yesterday he was beside himself with worry because his tongue was blue instead of pink. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And yet he knew he had a certain protection; he knew that a certain element of shame would keep Mrs. Dalton from asking him too much and letting him know that she was worried. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But why didn’t Joe come back before it got dark? With it snowing so, he might have known how we’d worry.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even that worried about what I should do next. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He said he was in the Stutthof concentration camp and was okay and we should not worry about him,” Jack recalled. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment Goree said, “General, I tell you plain. There are times when you worry me.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” Yossarian counseled him as kindly as he could. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I keep hearing Janae’s name. Why you so worried about your big sister? It’s her life.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This time Sammy cut a look at the mesmerist that waren’t the least bit dumbstruck, it was kind of edging on being worried. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Just when I got worried and started to shout again, the soggy planks in the deck above my head peeled back like a banana, and Brer Fox dropped down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think I need worry about her?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want my neighbors to be surprised or worried when I’m not answering.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pulls his mouth into broad, exact shapes around his teeth as if he’s forever worried about being misunderstood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to worry her, and I didn’t want her to think I couldn’t handle college. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“How did you...? Where have you been? We looked everywhere for you. We were worried sick. You were supposed to come right back!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

On weekends Nicholas walked around the house in a tense cloud of silence, nursing his worries. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘I came without any, and I’ve been worried ever since. But I was wondering what these were made of, knowing a bit about rope-making: it’s in the family as you might say.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He waren’t saying it all riled up and worried or scared and mad like you’d expect someone that got shot would say it, he was saying it like it was a surprised little prayer. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry about,” I said, testing the words on my tongue to see if they felt true. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground and ran, more worried by what was happening in the moment than what might happen tomorrow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My stomach, despite all its sickness and worry, rumbled. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I want to get worried. If there’s like some meg thing wrong.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not worry, little brats. You will be meeting my employer soon enough. Then you will have a brand-new family.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I think that’s why she never really worried about me—as long as I wasn’t ritually decapitating gerbils or urinating on my own face, she figured I was a success. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jack overheard his father telling his mother he was worried about what could happen to Jews in Poland, and perhaps they should move to Australia, one country where Jews could still go. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm about to die and you’re worried about that? How do we kill it?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Boys your age shouldn’t worry over such small things. Soon again you will be as sound as stone.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Always worried how he’d look on television, Nixon did not like watching himself. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But this was Vietnam, where guys carried guns, and Dave Jensen started to worry. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My worries about having a bomb shelter and about the war in Korea began to grow again because there was so much talk about General MacArthur on the television news. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m worried there’s some law about reporting homeschooled kids when they go AWOL. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fie was protecting us by staying away, but he could not protect us from worrying. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure whether to feel wounded or worried. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then she asked how Jeffrey was doing, which I thought was amazing — here she was, with a limb all mangled and her piano career slammed into reverse gear, worrying about my brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no time to worry about sitting down or getting a sandwich. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I told Julie I was afraid of getting my uniform wrong and people laughing at my accent, and I suppose in a sense I am still worried about these things—with better reason. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, lad. They don’t want you. You’re too skinny and snotty for their taste.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That she’d done me a big disservice telling me not to worry about being creative. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not worried about Old Blue. He can take care of himself.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell the truth, it was Cecile I worried about, not the driver. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise you! I’m just worried that—I might lose my job over this.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I took it from him, and, just like that, the worry in his eyes warmed into something else. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He heard the gorgon sisters screaming and caught a glimpse of Euryale’s coral-snake hair , at the top of the hill, but he didn’t have time to worry about it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Only then I worried this was some kind of Therapist Trick to make me more comfortable, and then I had no idea how to feel. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They give me a quick glance, and then it’s back to staring down the door with these worried eyebrow looks. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I worry about that, but she doesn't like anyone to question her schedule. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The sunlight had been faint for over a week, and Julie worried about her vegetables. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t worried about running into the Sixers, because there was no way they could have barricaded the Second Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Luna felt worry grip her heart in its fist, and two hot tears came tumbling down, hitting the paper with a splat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it really makes you worry about all the hype surrounding sex. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Looks worried that there is a real fire. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“But I do, I worry about him,” Carter said, sarcastically. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Patrick called Brad’s parents because he was really worried about him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve smoked weed a total of five times now, and every single time, I start worrying about the stupidest things. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

However, worried or not, he got up in a few minutes and walked on, striding as briskly as before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the Soviet Union, Germany’s geographic neighbor, was very worried about it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And she realized that she could feel some of what he was feeling: pain, physical pain, and beneath that a knotted rope of worry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told John that my wife would be worrying and that the dinner was very good. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just stood outside the dressing room and worried out loud. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Plodding ’long behind the cap’n was keeping all ’em worries and thoughts at bay, but it was also giving me a ’preciation ’bout me and Ma’s talk ’bout working in the fields. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the whole class was very worried about the possibility of someone without papers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Driving a friend’s car up to San Francisco, standing around in the poetry sections of bookstores worrying about my application to Hampden. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Around eight o’clock that evening I was watching a movie in the dormitory with the other kids and worrying at the same time. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t worried about anything even though he was guilty, even though he knew I had witnessed everything. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s no need to look so worried — I just want a word in my office,” she told them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And nobody worries about the Black and Latino kids, who probably don’t feel great about this either. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I ate only one candy from the Halloween bag, but I can’t stop worrying about outgrowing my body cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I’ll probably go home. But I don’t want her to worry if I don’t.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I can’t even remember if I put on deodorant, and now it’s too late to worry about it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But Maureen was only twelve, and I worried that she might be too young to leave home. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we hit the fifth block, I'm really worried we might not be in the right place. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The thing is,” he said, “the pen returns to my pocket automatically, so even if I give it up—” “Not to worry,” Terminus assured him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Besides, both of them had more important things to worry about. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I worried the cancer had spread from my lungs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The closer she got to the day that the relatives from Virginia would arrive, the more Ophie worried that she would end up face-to-face with a murderer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you worried about Nina being out there?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I knew I would not have to worry about wearing Hand Clap’s charm after that. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his worried face I could tell he’d clearly decided these weren’t true police but the other kind: drunk men with guns and a hunger for bribes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Many times, to let her mind escape the worries that filled her head until it hurt, she had gone outside with an older girl who liked rocks a lot. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His mother was endlessly concerned with being proper and worried about things Joseph couldn’t understand, like parties, and guest lists, and looking presentable. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not worried that he won’t like the food or how clean the house is. I’m worried he won’t like the way things are here or the way we live!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, my dear friend. No one will ever know. You’re a good fellow.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I got to worrying about the deer, and for many days I climbed trees and cut down tender limbs for them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He just kept saying that he was OK, and that everything would be fine, and that we shouldn’t worry.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two worried about the railway cutting through the forest surrounding Perchance. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Otto was suddenly worried their friend and longtime hardware clerk was a cyborg. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But while he paints, capturing the beauty of nature on the canvas, trying to give to the world what he once wanted to give through preaching, he worries about Theo's money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She has often worried from afar about her boy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We also worried about the rocket blast from Eagle, our lunar module, which might kick up a lot of dust and prevent Neil Armstrong from being able to see well enough to land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly she, too, was worried about being caught. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don't fulfill it, that will be your worry," the colonel said, “but that's my last wish." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My parents are already at their job assignments for the day, so for now, at least, I don’t have to worry about them trying to stop me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His interest worried me more than a little. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And that’d be the exact opposite of not worrying Mom and Dad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Though he is happy Vincent is working hard right now, it worries him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She’s worried about me, because of the thing with the taxi. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke away from her when I came running in, worried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Papa. You go, don’t worry, we can keep ourselves amused.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Richard, do you know we are all worried about you?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relieved that I didn’t have to worry about him, I followed Sabrina and Daphne, another girl from Lykes Cottage who was a year older than I was and who seemed savvier than Sabrina. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She might worry about money, about a place to stay, about safety, perhaps even about visas, but never with an anxiety that wrenched at her spine. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a second, I swear, I see it in Mother’s eyes too, beneath her worry that Daddy has obliterated my future. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No. But don’t worry, I’m used to it.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, it doesn’t rain every day. Just every other day.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And hardly a one of 'em wouldn't fight me over a bone. Go back. Your pa must be having double fits o' worry." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody will worry more about her than me. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Then they see that Fina is limping, and they go back to worrying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mama told him she was worried about my health. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he ever said was that it happened when he was in college, and that his medication had kept him healthy for years, and that I shouldn’t worry about it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Why are you worried about your brother’s visit?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry over, my dear,” his mother cooed, turning to her son and patting his face with a small, plump, perfumed hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I’m like seriously worried about you right now,” Simon says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I assigned him to God’s care and asked San Jose and the Virgencita to mind him as well, but still I worried all the time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Real axle for the turns. It’s good for racing. But don’t worry,” he said again. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It’s when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The rest of the parade was ruined by worrying about JT, and when it finally ended and I climbed off, guess who was waiting for me? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my old worries, insecurities circling inside me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Maya hadn’t ever really worried about the potential threat before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa would think throwing money away was worst than taking it for doing someone a favour, so I didn’t have nothing to worry ’bout! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In her last letter, his mom was worried that they might be evicted from their apartment because of the smell of burning sneakers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Harry had been slightly worried that Slughorn might be at breakfast, but he answered his office door at the first knock, wearing a green velvet dressing gown and matching nightcap and looking rather bleary-eyed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was crazy, she must have been crazy "Don't worry, you'll still be pretty," Turtle said. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dewey and the eighteen men assisting him had pursued hundreds of leads to barren destinations, and she hoped to warn him against another disappointment, for she was worried about his health. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t afraid for himself—he felt fine—but he began to worry about the others. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Estraven was not so worried as I by the hundreds of miles that still lay ahead of us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The only thing that worried him was you folks having to work so hard—especially Marly,” Chrissie said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for someone to tell me that that’s okay or that I shouldn’t worry, but I am only greeted by silence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Well, don’t you worry about it, Doc. Maybe we can get Lee Chong’s old truck.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Janice saw him she screamed but he assured her in a calm voice, “I’m okay, I’m okay. No worry. I’m okay.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is my plaintive way of saying that I do worry about you and Franny when I get a chance, but not nearly so often as I’d like to. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘Nothing for you to worry about,’ the doctor said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re asking me,” she said, “I say make the money first and worry about your happiness later.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m a bit tired,” Henry said later, in the car, “but there’s nothing to worry about.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Well, we wondered some about what Old Yeller was living on, but didn’t worry about it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tired of being scared and depressed and worried all the time. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something in me worried about Nofaleyyah, because she was like an older person in the body of a little girl. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

My worries tormented me like bad dreams, making life on land more perilous than on the sea. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Baz was smart and trying to be funny to cheer us up and said we shouldn’t worry and found some trashy paperbacks for us to read while we were hanging around all day. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they passed the time by telling stories of the war in 1948, embroidering their memories with worry and tears. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Don't worry. But get out of my office. Do you really think I would open my safe with you little thieves watching me?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to admit, I was a little worried about your Spanish,” Joe said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t like, say, Laura, who for all her clowning around could worry for days, weeks even, about some little thing someone said to her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and refocus on making no mistakes and not worrying about the concert. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about my brother. Him and his boys were just playing around. They do that sometimes.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He made written allusions to Bursa, and now Desdemona began to worry. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Toby felt the oddest sensation then, as though every emotion he’d ever had—happiness, sadness, worry, surprise—was colliding inside his body, battling to see which one of them might win. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I didn’t mind waiting. Besides, now I don’t have to worry about anyone waiting after me, and I can have more time with you.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Harry walked out of the enclosure, still panting, and saw Madam Pomfrey standing at the mouth of a second tent, looking worried. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"How is he? I saw what happened. I was really worried that he might—die or something." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z