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

Global government bond yields resumed their climb, with investors continuing to fret that interest rates will stay high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The average person shouldn’t have to fret that bold ideas and wondrous cinematic visions are being gatekept from them by the people in a boardroom clinging to a conservative agenda.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Stocks have stumbled globally as investors fret over the spike in oil prices triggered by fighting in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

For if they had been able to nod and smile and say, How unruffled we are, then too, they might have been able to fret, We fear it all ending.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen