Synonym: fuss, worry. Similar words: free, free of, freely, French, freeze, freight, frequent, set free. Meaning: [fret] n. 1. agitation resulting from active worry 2. a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion 3. an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief) 4. a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch. v. 1. worry unnecessarily or excessively 2. be agitated or irritated 3. provide (a musical instrument) with frets 4. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing 5. cause annoyance in 6. gnaw into; make resentful or angry 7. carve a pattern into 8. decorate with an interlaced design 9. be too tight; rub or press 10. cause friction 11. remove soil or rock 12. wear away or erode.
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31. Peter used to fret about his foolishness.
32. She'll fret herself to death one of these days.
33. She gets in a fret whenever we're late.
34. You need not fret yourself about that.
35. It won't help to fret about the problem.
36. Don't fret away [ out ] your life.
37. Among the jokesters were 236 Republicans playing the politics of extortion, and 82 feckless Democrats who fret that Republicans could transform a courageous vote into a foul-smelling advertisement.
38. And American policymakers sometimes fret that Japan's insensitivity makes engaging with a rising China harder.
39. How far the bridge needs to be shifted is determined by comparing the open string with the tone played in the twelfth fret: it should represent the exact octave to the open string.
40. Don't fret so much about things: I'll think of something!
41. Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly.
42. Some academics fret that the secret aim is to privatise universities.
43. And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
44. While we fret about the decreasing cogency of public debate, computers dismiss linear argument and promote fast, shallow romps across the information landscape.
45. Although parents might fret over the details of such advantages—is it better to play the piano or the violin?—these details are mostly insignificant, subject to the law of diminishing returns.
46. For the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, we humoured his partiality.
47. A combination of falling oil prices and debt levels has hit Canadian oil and gas shares in recent months as investors fret that growth prospects are shriveling.
48. Of course, the Fed's mandate is to support maximum sustainable employment and stable prices in the United States, not to fret over the effects of its policies on other nations.
49. The aplomb we had in the account that acreageed us the job is boring yieldn over by fretfulness as our first day accesses, and we fret about authoritative a acceptable first consequence.
50. The interaction between doxepin hydrochloride (DH) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in physiological conditions was studied by fluorescence resonance energy transfer(FRET).
51. But liberal economists in China fret that state-owned banks and their SOE cronies will carve up the spoils, leaving small and medium private enterprises by the wayside.
52. But the moment markets started to fret about Italy in July,[www.Sentencedict.com] the strategy looked broken-backed.
53. Strong demand in the physical market remains a bright spot for gold, even though price volatility is normally a turn off for gold jewelers as they fret over losses.
54. Also changes in the fret position have a stronger effect on the overtones than on the basic frequency of a tone.
55. Companies fret and fume, spend and squirm to be "industry leaders.
56. He could rest only when he was too drained of energy to fret further.
57. Of course no one actually is the statistically average woman so don't fret if you're heavier or lighter or rounder or squarer.
58. N OT a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly.
59. Don't fret out as they approach: The worse thing you can do when deadlines are looming is enter panic mode.
60. The seventh fret harmonics pitch should match the fundamental frequency of the open string notes.
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