Idiom
sick with worry
Meaning
Extremely anxious or distressed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is sick with worry about her missing cat.”
“He was sick with worry while waiting for the test results to arrive in the mail.”
“The parents were sick with worry, pacing the hallway until their daughter finally called to say she had arrived home safely.”
Examples
simple
“She is sick with worry about her missing cat.”
contextual
“He was sick with worry while waiting for the test results to arrive in the mail.”
complex
“The parents were sick with worry, pacing the hallway until their daughter finally called to say she had arrived home safely.”
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