ireful

Example Sentences

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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

She left the bower; and as he stept To and fro in ireful mood, A stranger from the chamber came, And close behind him stood.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

As she paces to and fro the ugly din fades out of her ears and the ireful red out of her cheeks.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

“Why aren’t you on your way?” she demanded, with ireful impatience.

From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman

The lieutenant twisted his derby in chagrined, ireful hands.

From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy