worry line

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worry line (plural worry lines)

  1. A permanent wrinkle on the forehead.
    • 1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      I just got high & went in front of the mirror, to really LOOK at myself & really try to see myself as others do. I immediately see the worry lines carved into my face, now aging & showing all the fighting.