ireful
Example Sentences
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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
But his ireful restlessness will not allow him to accept this concession.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
Cadmus' house they wail; With beating hands their tresses tear, and robes; And highly Juno blame, as one unjust: Too ireful for the hapless sister's fault.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
"What are you here for?" said Miss, Fortune with an ireful face.
From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan
“There you have it, John,” he snarled, more ireful as a champion than the unhappy principal.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
