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
“Oh, but say he winna dee—say he winna!” she was crying out distressfully.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
She gazes distressfully around her, and then plucks with a little mournful, helpless fashion at a dainty, fleecy thing that lies close to her throat, and is her only covering from the angry blast.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
We became distressfully anxious about the safety of the absent men.
From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by Scoresby, William
