distressfully
Example Sentences
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The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club was distressfully snarled on the election of a president to succeed Mrs. Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus after six distressfully disputatious days at Scranton.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I must go home," she murmured to herself distressfully, as she slipped unobserved through the crowded rooms.
From The Torch Bearer by Marquis, Reina Melcher
"Don't cry; don't cry, dear!" he said distressfully.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia
Two things were painfully evident to the least observant: she was only a walking skeleton, while her husband was cleaner and more distressfully polite than ever.
From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell
