| It took me longer than it should have to realise that she was scared, to stop dismissing her unease as the silly fretfulness of an old lady, to decide that I would take her. |
| Convalescence came, with its unwilling fretfulness, its fits of unreason. |
| It is fretfulness all around, and all have a very miserable, unhappy time of it. |
| Nice, though not as devastating, in its mortal fretfulness, as the line that he fired off a few years ago, when he was the solo host. |
| The commissioners' concerns reflect a public fretfulness evident on the many websites and forums that air disputes between neighbours. |
| Ignoring the fretfulness in his voice, Isabella glared at him out of the corner of her eye and then turned away to dry the remainder of her tears. |
