"See how you worry sister!" for Lucy was calling fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
Mrs. Martin was out of bed, calling fretfully into the passage for Dilman. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
"I call fretfully as my baby birds, sunblocked and behatted flit off down the street. From Wordnik.com. [Erika Schickel: Baby Steps] Reference
At that moment Banford’s voice was heard calling fretfully, crossly from upstairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox] Reference
But she rang for the nurse and fretfully exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
"When are we going to Mallow?" asked Nan fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
"I don't know what she means," says Maria fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
"But we want Snoop now!" exclaimed Freddie, fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference
"You do not try to encourage me," she said, fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Medoline Selwyn's Work] Reference
'It doesn't do me any good,' said the patient fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
"I can't play to-day," Reuben answered, almost fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
Nan turned her head fretfully from one side to the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
One of the children wailed fretfully from the room beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
“It was all so long ago,” one woman had said fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [A Taint in the Blood]
"Bon Dieu!" he cried, flinging himself fretfully into a chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
"My coat collar's all wet on my neck," she complained fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun] Reference
"Liz, did you see this?" he asked Roy's mother, who nodded fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
Despite himself, Avender peered fretfully at the shadows around them. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
"No, why?" asked the mother, wiping her hands on her hips, fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Last Visit to the Toy Store] Reference
“We might at least have stayed for tea, Mama,” she said fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
"You should trust me," he said fretfully, "to have your good in mind.". From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
"Quite a Colonial look about him," says ALGERNON BORTHWICK, fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892] Reference
Why didn't he just walk across and finish them off, Dard speculated fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Star Flight]
I laid out the poor results of my zoran dealing and considered them fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
As he approached he heard the word Alexandria spoken fretfully by Mrs. Eversham. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
He twitched fretfully, like a baby denied its rattle, his dismay turning to anger. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
She hung her head, and plucked fretfully at the embroidery on the neck of her dress. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
A little boy was curled up asleep on a coat on the floor; an infant cried fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Till the Butchers Cut Him Down]
Sheet-lightning played fretfully over the East End. The air smelt of petrol and dust. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
A child that fretfully begs for this and that at the table upsets itself and the parents. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
I pondered fretfully over this issue, and at last resolved to attempt a desperate solution. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
I seated myself beside him, there was a moment or two of silence, then he asked, fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 6] Reference
He shook his head fretfully, beckoned me up, and whispered, "Bring me a tablet and stylos.". From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
“Regrets tire a person out,” his father continued after a moment, still speaking fretfully. From Wordnik.com. [Couple Most Likely To]
"Don't mention such a thing to me," said she fretfully, "I will not listen to the proposition.". From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
The infant the woman held was crying fretfully, though, at that, making less noise than the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
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