fuss
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“But I didn’t make a big fuss about it then.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Unflustered, uncomplicated and done with a minimum of fuss.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
In the end, it was sorted without any fuss – a sign of the respect KWN's already gained from her peers, even in the notoriously closed-off world of US R&B.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Everyone who needed a visa to attend this game, as far as I know, got one with minimal fuss.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Besides the fuss with Elmer and others, Traft and his pals were going around pressing folks to join the Montana Loyalty League.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
It fusses over your toast, insisting that the flour it comes from has no more than 75 insect fragments and one rodent hair per 50 grams.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
She fusses about his health and his attitude, remarking to her son that at least he had given up on his crazy earlier plan:
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021
Three times I stop paddling when Virginia fusses to be fed.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
He's not alone: according to City Hall, Istanbul has more than 160,000 cats living on its streets who are regularly fed and fussed over by the city's 16 million residents.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
A gentle simmer produces something entirely different from a frantic boil; a pan left alone rewards you more than one constantly fussed over.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
And, crucially, that means what they are paying less attention to as well - because you can’t prioritise some things without the trade off of deciding you are less fussed about other things.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
By Friday morning, her 3-year-old daughter had developed a fever and her 2-year-old fussed as his sister slept in their mother’s arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
Outside, the mower fussed at the edges of the lawn.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
The ominous birds, fussing and pooping on his porch, reminded him of Alfred Hitchcock’s film “The Birds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
So does whisking together a vinaigrette, simmering a stock or spending an afternoon fussing over a sauce that nobody asked you to make.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The hardest part for Treichel, whose primary job is as a finance lawyer, was to not add caveats and footnotes to everything, and to eventually stop fussing with the explanations during the editing process.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
I couldn’t breathe, and I couldn’t stop fussing at Jack Williams.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
Hundreds of dactyls swarmed around it, diving in and out and fussing with each other.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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