ireful

Example Sentences

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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

But his ireful restlessness will not allow him to accept this concession.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

He sprang up again and turned his ireful face to where, in the crowd, sat the old politician.

From Counsel for the Defense by Chapman, Charles M.

"Don't be lying there," said the ireful cook.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George

With an awful air, Mrs. Pimble folded her arms and looked down upon her husband, who cringed away before her ireful presence, and said, "Susey dropped the waiter."

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie