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Example sentences from the Web for frettingFor more than a century, Americans have been fretting about these sorts of ghosts. Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST Now, as it turns out, men are fretting about their closing window to meet someone and have kids. High Manxiety: Thirtysomething Men Are The New Neurotic Singles|Hannah Seligson|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not because I was fretting about how this might affect the product on the court. Guns, Blow Jobs, and Choke Holds: a History of the New York Knicks|Robert Silverman|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST He then counseled me not to use up my “remaining days” fretting over Mia. The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast|Robert B. Weide|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is the “trainwreck” many ACA supporters were fretting about and many critics were anticipating with glee. The Company That Built Obamacare Is Doing Better Than Ever|Daniel Gross|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST What would Zulma Sarpy do without him, she that is fretting at the very thought of his illness? The Bastonnais|John Lesperance Jameson was away up on the frontier tugging at his leash, fretting to burst over the border. Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) While I was fretting myself into a state of hysteria, the catch of one of the great window-doors above me was pushed back. Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger|John Masefield Which made a bright spot in his life and kept Flora from thinking altogether of her father and fretting for some news of him. The Long Shadow|B. M. Bower Copperhead at Macleod was fretting his life out like an eagle in a cage. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail|Ralph Connor
Words related to frettingchafe, brood, fuss, agonize, fume, carp, grieve, bother, disturb, nag, pother, affront, chagrin, torment, stew, mope, anguish, bleed, ruffle, distress SEE SYNONYMS FOR fretting ON THESAURUS.COM
n.A hole, or worn or polished spot made on metals by abrasion or erosion. Words nearby frettingfret, fretboard, fretful, fret saw, fretted, fretting, fretty, fretwork, Freud, Freudian, Freudian slip The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |