constant worry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconstantandworry
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constant
adjective
uk/ˈkɒn.stənt/us/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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worry
noun
uk/ˈwʌr.i/us/ˈwɝː.i/
a problem that makes you feel unhappy ...
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(Definition ofconstantandworryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theconstantworryover worker quality and efficiency in the 1920s reflected this syndrome.
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Costs are aconstantworry.
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But there was oneconstantworryin my mind.
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It is a constant problem and aconstantworry.
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Theirconstantworryin this experiment is money.
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One can imagine theconstantworryof the parents.
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The anxiety of infection, and of stagnant and putrid water that retained what it should have eliminated, was aconstantworrythat evidently increased in times of plague.
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For all of them a continuing income is aconstantworry.
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Theconstantworryof care and responsibility on one's own was enormous.
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There is aconstantworryabout how to get shoes repaired, or buy clothes.
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This is theconstantworryfacing a lot of professional and business people.
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This is, of course, aconstantworryto many people using the railways today.
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Suchconstantworryis one of the major issues among miners.
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Therefore, targets must at all times be aconstantworryto a nationalised board.
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That stress leads many carers to ill-health and theconstantworrycan bring on depression.
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It would give them beautifully warm homes instead ofconstantworryabout energy bills.
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Theconstantworryis how the curator's salary can be paid.
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They say that this is aconstantworryto them and raises many problems.
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The security of the terminal is aconstantworry, too.
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We are all vividly conscious of the ever-escalating crime rate, which is aconstantworryto all decent citizens.
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These troubles by which we are surrounded, in the big basic industries, are aconstantworryto us.
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Prompt decision has been and is still lacking to-day in some respects and throughout finance has been aconstantworryto local authorities.
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Insecurity andconstantworryabout every penny make life a misery for men and women alike, and the work burden for women is massively increased.
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People with families do not want theconstantworryand insecurity of wondering what will happen at the end of 12 months.
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Bermannasconstantworrywas a lack of suitable heir to his throne.
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