ireful
Example Sentences
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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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 Ainsworth, William Harrison
"What are you here for?" said Miss Fortune, with an ireful face.
From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan
When her ireful mood had worn itself away, she got up with the stiffness of the mind's depression intensifying the body's chill, and made her way swiftly toward home.
From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice
In this ireful frame of mind, Mabel met the ladies of the Advisory Council.
From Comrade Yetta by Edwards, Albert
