look troubled
Frequency: 7.518.9 per million words
Refers to appearing worried based on one's expression.
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Examples (10)
- He often looks troubled when he's thinking about work.
- She looked troubled when she heard the news.
- Why do you look so troubled? Is everything okay?
- The manager was looking increasingly troubled as the meeting progressed.
- Even behind his smile, he looked slightly troubled.
- Whenever his phone rang late at night, he would look troubled.
- The hero looked troubled by the cryptic message.
- The defendant looked troubled as the verdict was read.
- You've looked troubled all day; what's on your mind?
- I hope he doesn't look too troubled when I tell him about the broken vase.