ireful
Example Sentences
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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
"What poisoning doctor did you send?" he asked, with an ireful glance; "I want no doctor, I am not ill; I will not follow his prescription; he forbade me to eat; I will eat."
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 by Various
“Why aren’t you on your way?” she demanded, with ireful impatience.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
In this ireful frame of mind, Mabel met the ladies of the Advisory Council.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
The lady darted an ireful and piercing look at him, which seemed to produce much the same consequences as those experienced by Jennet, for his visage instantly elongated, and he sank back in a chair.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
