distressfully
Example Sentences
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The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club was distressfully snarled on the election of a president to succeed Mrs. Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus after six distressfully disputatious days at Scranton.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up to this present Sunday I have not succeeded in finding out why Gustavus arrived at Scheerau five days later than he might have done; he evaded even my inquiries more distressfully than adroitly.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
We became distressfully anxious about the safety of the absent men.
From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by Scoresby, William
"Don't cry; don't cry, dear!" he said distressfully.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia
