FRETFUL in a Sentence

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She continued to stare at him, the flame of the unshaded lamp bringing out with microscopic cruelty the fretful lines of her face.

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 Meanings and Examples of FRETFUL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fretful
 a.  disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation
Classic Sentence: (84 in 6 pages)
1  So when she was a sickly, fretful, ugly little baby she was kept out of the way, and when she became a sickly, fretful, toddling thing she was kept out of the way also.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  Mary sat in her corner of the railway carriage and looked plain and fretful.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  It was another cry, but not quite like the one she had heard last night; it was only a short one, a fretful childish whine muffled by passing through walls.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  The door of her room was ajar and the sound came down the corridor, a far-off faint sound of fretful crying.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  Colin looked fretful and kept his strange black-lashed eyes fixed on Dr. Craven's face.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  Mary became quite still and Colin looked fretful.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  She laughed as if she could not help it when they told her of the increasing difficulty there was in pretending that Colin was still a fretful invalid.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  She continued to stare at him, the flame of the unshaded lamp bringing out with microscopic cruelty the fretful lines of her face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
9  "Pork and Mammy did something with the silver--put it in the well-- but I'm not remembering now," Gerald's voice was fretful.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  "I don't know what you DO mean," said Mrs. Peniston, with a frightened quiver in her small fretful voice.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
11  A month went by, and old Mrs. Shimerda began to get fretful.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
12  I doubt not that our conduct had much to do with making him appear awkward, and of consequence fretful.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  She had never spoken a word to her sister-in-law for three days; but she had likewise dropped her fretful complaining, and we found it a great comfort.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  He had been greatly tried, during the journey, I felt convinced, by his fretful ailing charge.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
15  Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, "I have looked over it."
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
Example Sentence:
1  The child asked for another cake in a fretful voice.
2  Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.
3  I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems.
4  Doubts began to fret his mind.
5  Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK.
6  Further reason not to fret is that Obama volunteers have been doing grass roots organizing in Texas for quite some time.
7  Such grandiose forecasts kindle anxiety as well as hope; many fret that AI (artificial intelligence) could destroy jobs faster than it creates them.
8  Or a person continue to lonely down, don't need anyone Li frets.