fusses

Example Sentences

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Julie fusses over her mother, trying to make Rosalind happy, trying to understand her mother as she watches time slipping away.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2022

She fusses about his health and his attitude, remarking to her son that at least he had given up on his crazy earlier plan:

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2021

Ba's foster mum fusses in the background, making lunch and occasionally interjecting to clarify or add some detail to his account of his journey here from Vietnam.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2020

She quietly fusses with them, and they turn up later as the centerpiece of a homestyle dinner, the pale coral flesh succulent with just a scattering of translucent salt shards.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019

My mother gasps as I fall onto the seat with a painful thump, and then fusses as I pee all over my gown.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen