"Worriment" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wrote a note while Burke and Mary became better acquainted. Even in her attempt to speak gaily and happily, Bobbie could discern her worriment. As Barton finished his writing, handing the envelope to Burke, the younger man decided to take a little initiative of ...
— Traffic in Souls - A Novel of Crime and Its Cure • Eustace Hale Ball
... Chints who needs a knight at present, and not I. It troubles me to think of her worriment over this foolish little episode, and with your permission I will go and ...
— A Face Illumined • E. P. Roe
... and well-arranged lights, Roger had no fear of collision, and as they were well protected from the rain, his chief worriment was because they were on the ...
— Patty's Summer Days • Carolyn Wells
... of relief. Whether or not the watch was fine enough for their Mary-'Gusta had been a source of worriment and much discussion. And then Isaiah, with his customary knack of saying the wrong thing, tossed a brickbat into the puddle ...
— Mary-'Gusta • Joseph C. Lincoln
... to the shelving beach. There was a little stretch of water between them and the sand. Through this the castaways waded, and soon they were grasped by the sailors and helped in. In the reaction of their worriment Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Nestor were both weeping, but their tears ...
— Tom Swift and his Wireless Message • Victor Appleton
... in a tone of worriment. "Oh, well, Harry isn't such an infant as to be wiped out all ...
— The Young Engineers on the Gulf - The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater • H. Irving Hancock
... exclaimed. "Now I am sure he will settle down and make an excellent husband. Not that there was anything bad about him, not at all; but he was rather wild when he was a boy, and gave his mother a great deal of worriment—especially, I mean, when he took his cattle up into the Territory. And in those days she could hardly keep him from joining the Rangers. But now he is older and more sensible and has had responsibilities; and I am su-u-u-ure it ...
— The Wrong Woman • Charles D. Stewart
... an hour's worriment and distress on the part of the three men the guide returned. He looked a little shame-faced, and was disinclined to reply to ...
— The Come Back • Carolyn Wells |
