fretted
Example Sentences
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They fretted over what they would ever do if they had to live without him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Chuprov said he fretted most about the daunting task on the 30-story ascent up the icy metal stairs leading to the top of the confinement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
“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
Steyer’s work began at 5 a.m. in the office and he seldom took days off — he fretted he wouldn’t have time for a honeymoon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Now I knew my mother had liked almond cake with honey and hot tea, that she’d once used the word “profoundly,” that she’d fretted about her happiness.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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