ireful
Example Sentences
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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Wave my lady dear a last farewell, Lamenting who to one and all of us Domestics was a mother, myriad harms She used to ward away from every one, And mollify her husband's ireful mood.
From What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet
The lieutenant twisted his derby in chagrined, ireful hands.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy
But his ireful restlessness will not allow him to accept this concession.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
“If I’m man enough!” said he, jumping with his shot into his boat, with ireful alacrity.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
