How To Use fretfulness In A Sentence
- Not the great sorrows of life, or its great sacrifices, but fretfulness, ignoble worries, sordid cares, are that which draw lines upon a woman's face and harshen her features. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
- A good man may be in want, but then he quiets himself, and strives to make himself easy; but these people when they shall be hungry shall fret themselves, and when they have nothing to feed on their vexation shall prey upon their own spirits; for fretfulness is a sin that is its own punishment. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- Otherwise, I've got to figure out meaning for myself and all, and that can cause a bit of fretfulness along the way. Archive 2009-01-01
- Parental heartbreak often hides or disguises itself in worries and fretfulness. The Blessing of a B Minus
- A mood of fretfulness thus pervades the pamphlet.
- I assume your fretfulness about the actual shades of blue is a stab at humor. Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery
- It cannot, however, be denied -- particularly in respect to nervous children -- that teething appears occasionally to induce unpleasant disturbances, such as fretfulness, broken sleep, digestive disorders, and occasionally fever; as a rule such symptoms persist only for a few days, if the infant be properly looked after. Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene
- It is the morose look, the harsh expression, the tone of irritation and fretfulness which is so unpopular in school. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young
- Tittmann thinks not so much "wrath" is meant, as an indignant feeling of fretfulness under the calamities to which the whole of human life is exposed; this accords with the "divers temptations" in Jas 1: 2. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- Mild side effects such as pain and tenderness where the shot was given, fever, fretfulness and drowsiness occurred in as many as one-half to one-third of children who received the vaccine. DTaP: Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccine
