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
He began to choke and snort most distressfully, and several severe thumps on the back from Cathead were required to restore him to normal condition.
From Sube Cane by Partridge, Edward Bellamy
My little boy," I say, distressfully, "I must work every day.
From My Little Boy by Ewald, Carl
They were heavy horses, and we were sorry to have them thundering so distressfully ahead of us.
From Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway by Gladding, Effie Price
