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

“If I’m man enough!” said he, jumping with his shot into his boat, with ireful alacrity.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

There was the ireful consciousness that the narrow-gauge folks were giving him a raw deal on that dynamite matter.

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

When her ireful mood had worn itself away, she got up with the stiffness of the mind's depression intensifying the body's chill, and made her way swiftly toward home.

From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice