1 not fret because his dress has not nine tucks.
2 Don't fret about Father, dear, she added, as they parted.
3 Now, my dear young ladies, remember what your ma said, and don't fret.
4 Amy was fretting because her lessons were not learned, and she couldn't find her rubbers.
5 It's naughty to fret, but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world.
6 Don't grieve and fret when I am gone, or think that you can be idle and comfort yourselves by being idle and trying to forget.
7 I felt bad but did not fret I bear my troubles well but I do wish Hannah would put more starch in my aprons and have buckwheats every day.
8 "If one could have a fine house, full of nice girls, or go traveling, the summer would be delightful, but to stay at home with three selfish sisters and a grown-up boy was enough to try the patience of a Boaz," complained Miss Malaprop, after several days devoted to pleasure, fretting, and ennui.
9 I also observe that she does not fret much nor look in the glass, and has not even mentioned a very pretty ring which she wears, so I conclude that she has learned to think of other people more and of herself less, and has decided to try and mold her character as carefully as she molds her little clay figures.