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Meanings of fretful child in inglés

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Usage of fretful child in inglés
1
Little Koo-tee, the old man thought, a fretful child, and not overstrong.
Children of the Frost
2
He absolutely whined and whimpered at last like a fretful child.
The Woman in White
3
My heart, like a fretful child, had stamped and wept itself to sleep.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
4
He obeyed her with the manner of a fretful child.
Helen of the Old House
5
As a mother quiets a fretful child, so the illimitable calm lulls tumultuous thoughts.
Lords of the North
6
She was engaged in dressing a restless, fretful child, some two or three years old.
Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
7
A pale, thin woman on a shabby lounge vainly trying to quiet a fretful child.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
8
Mr Savage laid his hand on my sleeve as though I were a fretful child.
The End of the Affair
9
She smiled down at him, with the air of a mother smiling at a fretful child.
On the Firing Line
10
His complainings were those of a fretful child.
The Lily of the Valley
11
His face puckered up just like the face of a fretful child which refuses to go to bed.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
12
She was like a fretful child.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
13
Don't behave like a fretful child.
Tessa / 1901
14
But as a naturally fretful child, when she didn't feel happy she assumed she must be doing life wrong.
Radio NZ
15
I have seen the mother of a fretful child of three or four years even, apply the smoke anodyne.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
16
He lifted his head and called again in a high plaintive tone, as one reasons with a fretful child.
Gone to Earth
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