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Synonyms for fetching

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fech-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛtʃ ɪŋ

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Définition of fetching

Origin : 1580s, "crafty, scheming," present participle adjective from fetch. The sense of "alluring, fascinating" is by 1880.

adj alluring, attractive

Example sentences :

But after all, fetching slippers is not the whole duty of domestic pets.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

Then fetching a difficult breath he said, 'You are not afraid, Glory, are you?'
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Weaned only yesterday, and fetching a dacent man out of his bed to find them.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Fetching the child to the wedding to have the bad name taken off it—no?
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

She helped silently, fetching water and more sticks for the fire.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

"I wish I might," earnestly responded the gentleman, fetching a sigh.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various

What harm was there in his fetching his coat, if it was not against rules?
Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

Those of the Commercial Bank were only fetching twenty cents.
Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

While this was fetching, the butcher knelt and lifted him against his knee.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

I never asked the woman for the chicken, and I begged you to let me off fetching it.
Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe

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