grow concerned
Frequency: 6.012.9 per million words
To gradually become more worried.
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- As the hours passed, she grew increasingly concerned about his silence.
- Investors often grow concerned during periods of economic uncertainty.
- The doctor grew concerned after reviewing the patient's latest test results.
- We are growing concerned that the project will not be completed on time.
- If he doesn't call soon, I will start to grow concerned.
- The local community grew concerned over the plans to build a new highway through the park.
- He watched his daughter's fever rise and grew more concerned with each passing minute.
- Environmentalists have grown concerned about the decline in the bee population.
- She tried to hide it, but I could see she was growing concerned about the strange emails.
- The teacher grew concerned when the usually cheerful student became withdrawn and quiet.