fretting
Example Sentences
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"Now I'm just fretting helplessly, there is nothing I can do."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
With sectional strife threatening Civil War, the artist was surely fretting over the tension between freedom and slavery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Spike Lee’s masterpiece was met with hand-wringing when it arrived in theaters 37 summers ago, with white critics fretting how “urban audiences” would react to its shocking ending of brutality and angry protest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
After fretting and weighing the pros and cons, I eventually caved and decided to start mine young.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026
"I won't have Sansa fretting needlessly. What shall we do with this little friend of hers, my lords?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
