distressfully
Example Sentences
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Thus after six distressfully disputatious days at Scranton.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club was distressfully snarled on the election of a president to succeed Mrs. Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
I looked up distressfully to protest, but her little head was shaking earnestly, the long, delicate hair wisps about her forehead wavering like tiny, curling wreaths of golden smoke.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
Small wonder was it that she should sit down on one of her own valises and begin to cry distressfully.
From The High Heart by Basil King
Just as the question came to Rose, Jamie's voice was heard in the hall crying distressfully, "Oh, come quick, quick!"
From Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill by Louisa May Alcott
