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
His long face was distressfully haggard; about his temples and across his forehead, what had been merely lines before were now deep grooves.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
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," Mrs. Cameron exclaimed, distressfully, "I don't know!
From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
