frettings

I'd as leave you would not tell me of it till you've taken the proper time to be at a certainty; frettings about these ups and downs, being what do no good to me, in point of the gout. '

Camilla 2008

Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.

Coming in Out of the Wind Arevanye 2008

England next involved herself had cost him many frettings that age and infirmity prevented him from being ever again an active unit of the army.

A Changed Man 2006

And I think, and so I know does Brother Anselm, though we have not yet spoken of it, that it is the delicate frettings of another vellum once in constant contact with it, and dyed purple.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

And I think, and so I know does Brother Anselm, though we have not yet spoken of it, that it is the delicate frettings of another vellum once in constant contact with it, and dyed purple.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

“Bob” is one of those gifted few, and as “Sleeping Reporter” he divulges to us Initiates what ancient wisdoms we must know to be freed from the million minor irritations and compulsive frettings that plague us daily and short-circuit the pre-Atlantean psi-biotic energy shafts that would otherwise feed us Slack.

The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

“Bob” is one of those gifted few, and as “Sleeping Reporter” he divulges to us Initiates what ancient wisdoms we must know to be freed from the million minor irritations and compulsive frettings that plague us daily and short-circuit the pre-Atlantean psi-biotic energy shafts that would otherwise feed us Slack.

The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

“Bob” is one of those gifted few, and as “Sleeping Reporter” he divulges to us Initiates what ancient wisdoms we must know to be freed from the million minor irritations and compulsive frettings that plague us daily and short-circuit the pre-Atlantean psi-biotic energy shafts that would otherwise feed us Slack.

The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

There was a certain beauty, a logic, like the lacy frettings that fringe hard blue ice-packs.

The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982

No more of them that afternoon, no more intrusions on the crew, no more of Griffin's frettings.

Port Eternity Cherryh, C. J. 1982