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Definition of the day : « fretted »

  • verb worry, be annoyed
  • verb upset someone
  • verb rub hard
Example sentences :
  • I tell you, lad, that I am all undone, like a fretted bow-string.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Fretted by the pain, he plunged into the wilderness to hide like a wounded deer.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • But to-day he was fretted and chafed by long waiting for that answer to his letter.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • And the hot ferment of Paris life seethed and fretted all around him.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • He had just been fretted sufficiently to find fault with her dress.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
  • Every day he had been away he had fretted and chafed at the thought of what might be happening to her.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • She fretted on until, exasperated, the man jabbed her sharply with the spurs.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Mr. Bartlett, the passenger, had been on time and had fumed and fretted at the delay.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If he smiled on her she flushed, and if he frowned she fretted and was afraid.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Within the porch he found her waiting, fretted by her impatience.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini