fretted

Example Sentences

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“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Stock futures slid Tuesday as U.S. inflation picked up faster than expected in April and investors fretted over the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran in their conflict.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

For years, he had fretted over whether she would ever be ready.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And many, in a district in which more than 86% of students are low-income, fretted about feeding their kids.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

"My God, we don't have an operation here," George Kisevalter fretted, "we have a disaster in the making."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau