Explore Fretting through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Fretting meaning
- An irritation or worrying.
- A gnawing or eating away.
Using Fretting
- The main meaning on this page is: An irritation or worrying. | A gnawing or eating away.
- In the example corpus, fretting often appears in combinations such as: fretting about, fretting over, the fretting.
Context around Fretting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fretting
- In this selection, "fretting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, privately, recalled and day stand out and add context to how "fretting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2018 recalled fretting about a and all day fretting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fretting" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fretting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nothing would be gained by fretting over a single touchdown. (10 words)
He won’t want Willow fretting about “Wiley” forgetting her. (10 words)
Top donors have been privately fretting about DeSantis' chances, sources say. (11 words)
This type of anxiety can manifest in different ways, such as second-guessing whether your friends like you; wondering if your friends are angry at you; or even fretting over whether you have "enough" friends and what that says about you as a person. (44 words)
George (Martin) is still his worrying self, fretting over how many times he’s washed his hands and making sure the kids all still have plenty of masks and gloves (it’s revealed he sent them all of supplies, because of course he did). (44 words)
My anxious brain was already fretting about where it would take me with little distraction but sun, sea and sand as we boarded a seaplane that would fly us 145km south to Vilu Reef, a five-star resort built on a coral reef. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
As such, Sweeney isn’t fretting over how Boston will make the minutes work with its two new pieces.
It is criminal that California, which used to invest uncounted billions in ensuring sufficient water is available to its citizens and for agriculture, now spends an inordinate time fretting about climate change, about which it can do little.
It’s not just a change to salad dressings that these consumers are fretting about.
Nothing would be gained by fretting over a single touchdown.
This type of anxiety can manifest in different ways, such as second-guessing whether your friends like you; wondering if your friends are angry at you; or even fretting over whether you have "enough" friends and what that says about you as a person.
Top donors have been privately fretting about DeSantis' chances, sources say.
Fed up with fretting over her diet, she chose to embrace life more fully and allow herself to enjoy the foods she loves.
Investors are fretting about how rising energy prices could mess up the Fed’s outlook on cutting interest rates.
It was one he had recently begun to remember from his childhood, and was fretting that he had not yet put it down on record for posterity.
Michelle Tessier, who married Scott Polus at the resort in June 2018, recalled fretting about a rainy forecast that morning, "but the clouds magically parted just in time — maybe 30 minutes before our ceremony was supposed to start," she said.
My anxious brain was already fretting about where it would take me with little distraction but sun, sea and sand as we boarded a seaplane that would fly us 145km south to Vilu Reef, a five-star resort built on a coral reef.
Pollutants in the air we breathe, water we drink, pesticides in food, chemicals and microplastics, we can sit here all day fretting.
The affable, good-time Charlie tries to soothe Red’s fretting with a shot or two of whiskey.
Before the test came back negative, Sato spent days fretting he may have spread the virus to colleagues and other patients.
Bullish investors impressed by its reach and hefty cash flow have been outflanked by bears scrutinizing its scale and fretting about TV ratings erosion.
Flashbacks to 2016’s presidential upset have Democrats fretting about the ways Donald Trump could still eke out a win over Joe Biden.
Fretting over the future of his business, Aggarwal has now started looking for other ideas.
George (Martin) is still his worrying self, fretting over how many times he’s washed his hands and making sure the kids all still have plenty of masks and gloves (it’s revealed he sent them all of supplies, because of course he did).
He won’t want Willow fretting about “Wiley” forgetting her.
Other General Hospital spoilers say Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) will cap off the week fretting over “Wiley” aka Jonah.
Common combinations with fretting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: