fret

Example Sentences

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When it comes to exciting wide men, however, it's hard to look past those elite dribblers who rouse crowds and make full-backs fret.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Private-credit fears have spread from shares of alternative asset managers to big banks that lent money to them, as investors fret about risks lurking in direct lenders’ loan books.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

When investors fret over geopolitical shocks, they usually rotate into havens such as consumer staples and healthcare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Others like Iowa-based Aaron Lehman, who grows corn, soybeans and oats, fret about the autumn planting season.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

There were no more fifty dollars in brown envelopes to count on, so she took to cleaning rather than fret away the tiny seaman’s pension her parents lived on.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison