distressfully
Example Sentences
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Thus after six distressfully disputatious days at Scranton.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club was distressfully snarled on the election of a president to succeed Mrs. Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Small wonder was it that she should sit down on one of her own valises and begin to cry distressfully.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
"Oh!" said the little Sister—"oh!" and distressfully she covered her head with her hands, as if trying to shield herself from the terrible light of day.
From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Just as the question came to Rose, Jamie's voice was heard in the hall crying distressfully, "Oh, come quick, quick!"
From Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill by Alcott, Louisa May
