get concerned
Frequency: 6.215.3 per million words
To start to be worried (more informal).
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- Parents naturally get concerned when their children are sick.
- I started to get concerned when she was two hours late.
- She'll get concerned if we don't update her soon.
- He's beginning to get concerned about the project's deadline.
- Did you get concerned when you heard the strange noise?
- Try not to get concerned before we have all the information.
- If he doesn't answer his phone by tonight, I'll really start to get concerned.
- I could see the investors starting to get concerned during the presentation.
- As the hours passed with no news, the rescue team began to get concerned.
- It's easy to get concerned about the future, but we must stay positive.