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fretted

[fret-id] / ˈfrɛt ɪd /




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Fretted Sir Roy Denman, Ambassador of the European Community to Washington: "We have seen protectionist sentiment before, but never anything like this."

From Time Magazine Archive

Fretted by Congressional demands for permanent American control over naval, troop and air bases already under leases to the U.S.,

From Time Magazine Archive

Fretted a local businessman: "This must be how Beirut began."

From Time Magazine Archive

Fretted Fulbright: "Doesn't this point to a possible conflict of interest that might compromise the objectivity newspapers owe their readers?"

From Time Magazine Archive

See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his Mother's kisses, With light upon him from his Father's eyes!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert




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